B.A Hons Political Science Sem-5 CC-11 Calcutta University Exam Question Paper

2020
POLITICAL SCIENCE — HONOURS
Paper: CC-11
(Western Political Thought and Theory – II)
Full Marks: 65
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words
as far as practicable

[English Version]
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

1. Answer the following questions (each in a single sentence) : 1×15
   (a) Who is the author of ‘An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation’?
   (b) In which writing John Stuart Mill championed the cause of women’s liberty?
   (c) What is the foundation of the Utilitarian philosophy of Bentham?
   (d) “What is real is rational, what is rational is real”— who said this?
   (e) ‘Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation’ is part of the lecture series of which political
   philosopher?
   (f) Who is the author of ‘Philosophy of History’?
   (g) Name two protagonists of Utopian Socialism.
   (h) During which period Fabian Society emerged in Britain?
   (i) What does T. H. Green mean by ‘Common Good’?
   (j) Who said, “Will, not force, is the basis of the State”?
   (k) Who wrote ‘The Civil War in France’?
   (l) What is Anarchism?
   (m) “To make a science of Socialism, it is first to be placed upon a real basis.” — Who said?
   (n) Who is the author of ‘Marxism after Marx’?
   (o) Who wrote ‘Prison Notebooks’?
   
2. Answer any one question (within 100 words) : 10×1
   (a) Discuss, in brief, Hegel’s views on civil society.
   (b) What, according to T. H. Green, is the relationship between moral obligation and political obligation?
3. Answer any one question (within 500 words) : 15×1
   (a) Make an assessment of J. S. Mill’s concept of Liberty.
   (b) Evaluate Bentham’s Theory of Utilitarianism.
   Module – 2
4. Answer any one question (within 100 words) : 10×1
   (a) Point out the basic features of Fabian Socialism.
   (b) What do you understand by Guild Socialism?
5. Answer any one question (within 500 words) : 15×1
   (a) Analyze the basic characteristics of Scientific Socialism.
   (b) Identify the main contentions of the Frankfurt School in the new interpretation of Marxist thinking

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