POLITICAL THEORY & IDEOLOGIES, Western Foundations, the Indian Dialectic, and Living Epistemologies Is political theory merely a static archive of European antiquity, or a living laboratory of constitutional democracy?
Moving decisively beyond passive rote memorization, this handbook establishes an unvarnished dialogue between canonical Western political philosophy and radical Indian epistemologies. Classic formulations by Aristotle, Machiavelli, J.S. Mill, and Isaiah Berlin are systematically brought into conversation with the civilizational paradigms of Lokmanya Tilak, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, and Swami Sahajanand Saraswati.
From the analytical contours of negative and positive liberty to agrarian socialism, principled distance, and degrowth, every module is anchored in:
• Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Inquiry Frameworks & Institutional Simulations
• Rare Archival Records from the Bihar State Archives on Peasant Hegemony (Kisan Raj)
• Landmark Constitutional Jurisprudence & Supreme Court Precedents (S. Rangarajan, Romesh Thappar)
Essential reading for Senior Secondary Humanities Scholars (CBSE Core Code 028), Foundational Law & CUET Aspirants, and undergraduate scholars seeking analytical rigor and critical clarity.