Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET December 2014 Political Science
Which of the following is not a reason for the decline of the Political Theory of David Easton?
AHistoricism
BMoral relativism
CIdeological reductionism ✓ Correct
DHyper factualism
Correct answer: (C) Ideological reductionism — David Easton, in The Political System (1953), blamed the decline of political theory on three tendencies, so the question asks for the one that does not belong to that list.
Explanation
★David Easton, in The Political System (1953), blamed the decline of political theory on three tendencies, so the question asks for the one that does not belong to that list.
★Historicism is one of them: reducing political ideas to mere products of their age stripped theory of its constructive, value building role.
★Moral relativism is another: treating all values as equally subjective left normative theory with no firm ground to stand on.
★Hyper factualism is the third: piling up facts for their own sake squeezed out serious theory building.
★Ideological reductionism does not appear in Easton's account, so it is the option that is not a reason, and hence the correct answer.
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