Political Science · Western Political Thought
UGC NET August 2024 Political Science
Key elements of Machiavelli include:
- 1. Classification of political regimes
- 2. Critique of classical philosophical ideas
- 3. Criticism of Liberty
- 4. Ideas on Republicanism
- 5. Analysing power
A1, 3 & 5 only
B1, 4 & 5 only ✓ Correct
C2, 3 & 4 only
D2, 4 & 5 only
Correct answer: (B) 1, 4 & 5 only — Machiavelli's key elements are the classification of political regimes, ideas on republicanism, and the analysis of power, so the answer is 1, 4 and 5.
Explanation
★Machiavelli's key elements are the classification of political regimes, ideas on republicanism, and the analysis of power, so the answer is 1, 4 and 5.
★In The Prince and the Discourses he classifies states into principalities and republics and examines how each is gained and held.
★His republicanism, developed in the Discourses on Livy, praises the Roman Republic, civic virtue, and the rule of law.
★His central concern is power, how a ruler acquires, keeps, and exercises it in the real world.
★He offered no systematic critique of classical philosophy as such, nor a criticism of liberty, which is why those two are excluded.
★These themes make him the founder of modern political realism and of the view that politics is autonomous from ethics.
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