Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET December 2023 Political Science
Which of the following is not, according to Bhikhu Parekh, a question usually ignored by Indian political thought?
AModern individual thinkers
BThe nature of the Indian state
CSocial Justice ✓ Correct
DPolitical Economy
Correct answer: (C) Social Justice — The question Indian political thought has not ignored, in Bhikhu Parekh's account, is social justice, so the answer is social justice.
Explanation
★The question Indian political thought has not ignored, in Bhikhu Parekh's account, is social justice, so the answer is social justice.
★Parekh argued that Indian political thought has tended to neglect the modern individual thinker, the nature of the Indian state, and political economy.
★Social justice, however, has been debated intensely in India, above all through B.R. Ambedkar's attack on caste and Mahatma Gandhi's concern for the marginalised.
★Because issues of caste, inequality and social reform run through Indian movements and thinkers, social justice is the topic that is clearly addressed, not ignored.
★The other three options name the genuine gaps Parekh identified, which is why they are wrong answers to a not question.
★Bhikhu Parekh chaired the Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain, whose Parekh Report appeared in 2000.
★Trap: this is a not question, so the correct choice is the one area Indian thought did engage, namely social justice.
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