Political Science · Political Theory
Who among the following referred to the 'decline' of political theory? Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- 1. David Easton and Alfred Cobban
- 2. Peter Laslett and Robert Dahl
- 3. Will Durant
- 4. Nathaniel Hawthorne
A2 and 3
B3 and 4
C1 and 3
D1 and 2 ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 1 and 2 — The decline of political theory was discussed by Easton, Cobban, Laslett and Dahl, so the answer is 1 and 2.
Explanation
★The decline of political theory was discussed by Easton, Cobban, Laslett and Dahl, so the answer is 1 and 2.
★David Easton blamed historicism, moral relativism and hyperfactualism for the decay of political theory.
★Alfred Cobban argued that the growth of state power and bureaucracy left political thinking directionless.
★Peter Laslett gave the famous verdict that, for the time being anyway, political philosophy is dead.
★Robert Dahl too belonged to the empirical current that found little use for grand value-based theory.
★Will Durant and Nathaniel Hawthorne were a popular historian and a novelist, not theorists of this debate.
★The decline thesis was later answered by a resurgence led by Rawls, and noted by Berlin and Germino.
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