Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET December 2014 Political Science
Who among the following said that "Political theory is quite simply, man's attempt to consciously understand and solve the problems of his group life and organisation"?
AErnest Barker
BGH Sabine ✓ Correct
CLeo Strauss
DDavid Easton
Correct answer: (B) GH Sabine — G.H. Sabine gave this definition, treating political theory as man's conscious effort to understand and solve the problems of his collective life and organisation.
Explanation
★G.H. Sabine gave this definition, treating political theory as man's conscious effort to understand and solve the problems of his collective life and organisation.
★Sabine is best known for A History of Political Theory (1937), which traces political thought from Plato to the modern age.
★Barker, Strauss and Easton are major theorists, but this particular wording is Sabine's, so they do not fit.
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