Political Science · Political Theory
Who among the following considers Marxism to be an ideology rather than a political theory?
AGermino ✓ Correct
BDavid Held
CR.A. Dahl
DG.H. Sabine
Correct answer: (A) Germino — Dante Germino treats Marxism as an ideology rather than genuine political theory, so the answer is Germino.
Explanation
★Dante Germino treats Marxism as an ideology rather than genuine political theory, so the answer is Germino.
★He explains the decline of political theory through what he calls 'ideological reductionism'.
★By this he means reducing rich political theory to a mere ideology, such as Marxism.
★For Germino, this reduction drains theory of its open, reflective and value-seeking character.
★He also blames the separation of fact and value caused by logical positivism for the decline.
★Yet Germino sees a resurgence of theory in Oakeshott, Hannah Arendt, Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin.
★Sabine wrote a history of political theory and Dahl was a pluralist, neither giving this exact view.
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