π PSIR Optional Study Hub
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Paper 1
π Section A
π Political Theory
Political Theory β Genesis, Nature, and Contemporary Relevance
Focus: Genesis, Nature, and Contemporary Relevance
Read Material βπ Justice
Critiques of John Rawlsβ Theory of Justice
Focus: Critiques of Rawls' Theory of Justice
Read Material βDistributive Justice: Concepts, Theories and Contemporary Debates
Focus: Rawls Theory and Communitarian Critiques
Read Material βNozick's Entitlement Theory of Justice
Focus: Nozick's Entitlement Theory and Critiques
Read Material βProcedural and Substantive Justice: Key Thinkers and Contemporary Relevance
Focus: Procedural and Substantive Justice
Read Material βπ Equality
Equality in Political Theory: Formal, Substantive, and Contemporary Perspectives
Focus: Key Thinkers and Contemporary Debates on Equality
Read Material βEquality of Capability and Equality of Outcome
Focus: Equality of Capability and Equality of Outcome
Read Material βEquality of Opportunity: Aff. Action and Reverse Discrimination
Focus: Rawls, Dworkin, Sen, Williams, Nozick, Hayek
Read Material βIdea of Equality β Evolution, Meaning, and Dimensions
Focus: Liberal, Marxist, Rawlsian, Sen, and Dworkin Perspectives on Equality
Read Material βSubstantive Equality: Concepts, Thinkers, and Contemporary Relevance
Focus: Substantive Equality: Dworkin, Sen, Rawls, Young, Feminist and Dalit Perspectives
Read Material βUnderstanding Equality: Dimensions, Thinkers, and Contemporary Debates
Focus: Dimensions of Equality
Read Material βπ Misc
Liberty, Equality, and Justice: Interconnected Concepts in Political Philosophy
Focus: Rawls Theory and Communitarian Critiques
Read Material βπ Western Political Thought
Karl Popper's Defence of the Open Society Against its Enemies
Focus: Karl Popper
Read Material βThomas Hobbes' Social Contract Theory: Foundations, Critics, and Contemporary Relevance
Focus: Thomas Hobbes
Read Material βπ Theories of State
Paper 2
π Section B
π India and the Global South
Evaluating India's Leadership Role in the Contemporary Global South
Focus: Strategic Autonomy
Read Material β