Political Science Paper-I – Indian & Western Political Thought | Optional Subject Class Notes

Focused class notes for Political Science Paper-I covering Indian and Western Political Thought
The book is organised into two major sections—Indian Political Thought and Western Political Thought
Indian Political Thought includes Dharmashastra, Arthashastra and Bauddh Paramparayein
Covers major Indian thinkers such as Manu, Acharya Kautilya, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Arvind Ghosh, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Manvendra Nath Roy
Western Political Thought covers major thinkers from the ancient to the modern period
Includes Plato, Aristotle, Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci and Hannah Arendt
Useful for IAS/PCS and Civil Services Examination aspirants preparing Political Science as an optional subject
Various chapters also include Important Questions and UPSC Mains Previous Year Questions for exam-oriented practice

About this Book

Political Science Paper-I: Indian & Western Political Thought by Drishti Publications is a structured set of class notes prepared for Political Science Optional aspirants.

The book presents the two major dimensions of political thought—Indian Political Thought and Western Political Thought—in a systematic format.

Part-I focuses on the major traditions and thinkers of Indian Political Thought. It begins with Dharmashastra, Arthashastra and Bauddh Paramparayein and continues with important Indian political thinkers from ancient to modern times.

Part-II focuses on Western Political Thought, beginning with Plato and Aristotle and continuing through Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, Marx, Gramsci and Hannah Arendt.

Its chapter-wise structure makes the book useful for systematic study, revision and exam-oriented preparation.