Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET December 2015 Political Science
Communitarian theory lays emphasis on
ACommunity as an inescapable ideal ✓ Correct
BUnlimited freedom of the individual
CLimited roles of the state
DPartial regulation of market economy
Correct answer: (A) Community as an inescapable ideal — Communitarian theory lays emphasis on community as an inescapable ideal, so the answer is option 1.
Explanation
★Communitarian theory lays emphasis on community as an inescapable ideal, so the answer is option 1.
★Communitarianism emerged in the 1980s as a critique of liberal individualism, holding that the self is constituted by its community and cannot be understood as an abstract, unencumbered chooser.
★It prioritises the common good, shared values and civil society over the unlimited freedom of the atomised individual.
★Its leading figures are Michael Sandel, Charles Taylor, Michael Walzer and Alasdair MacIntyre.
★Unlimited individual freedom and a minimal state belong to libertarianism, the position communitarians argue against.
★Amitai Etzioni leads the practical, policy-oriented wing often called low communitarianism, as against the philosophical high communitarianism.
★Spotting cue: any option built on the embedded, community-bound self is communitarian, while options about unlimited individual freedom point to libertarianism.
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