Political Science · Political Theory
Who among the following prominent writers has given psychological explanations of almost all the political problems?
ALe Bon
BBaldwin
CGraham Wallas
DAll of the above ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) All of the above — Le Bon, Baldwin and Graham Wallas all explained political life in psychological terms, so the answer is all of the above.
Explanation
★Le Bon, Baldwin and Graham Wallas all explained political life in psychological terms, so the answer is all of the above.
★Graham Wallas, in Human Nature in Politics, argued that politics rests on instinct and habit, not on cold reason.
★Gustave Le Bon, in The Crowd, studied the irrational psychology of mass behaviour and collective mind.
★Baldwin too traced social and political conduct to underlying psychological impulses.
★Together they represent the psychological approach, which roots political behaviour in human nature.
★This approach reacted against the older view that man acts mainly as a rational, calculating citizen.
★It later fed into behaviouralism, which made the study of political behaviour central to the discipline.
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