Skip to content
Lyceum India class notes
Lyceum India Class Notes
  • Home
  • Membership
  • Office
  • Recent Posts
  • About us
  • Toggle website search
Menu Close
  • Home
  • Membership
  • Office
  • Recent Posts
  • About us
  • Toggle website search
Yearly Archives: 2026
  1. Home>
  2. 2026>
  3. Page 3
WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Mary Wollstonecraft: Idea of Women’s Education

For Wollstonecraft, education was not just about reading and writing; it was the primary weapon of the revolution. She argued that the oppression of women was not natural but the…

0 Comments
8 January 2026
WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Mary Wollstonecraft: Men’s rights and women’s freedom

Wollstonecraft is often celebrated as the "Mother of Feminism," but she was also a fierce Republican and political philosopher. Her work links the Rights of Men (anti-monarchy) directly to the…

0 Comments
8 January 2026
WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Jurgen Habermas: Theory of Communicative Action

This is widely considered Habermas's magnum opus (1981). It represents a massive shift in Critical Theory. While Marx focused on Labor (Work) as the defining human activity, Habermas argues that…

0 Comments
8 January 2026
WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Jurgen Habermas: Legitimation Crisis

Habermas is the leading figure of the "Second Generation" of the Frankfurt School (Critical Theory). His work analyzes the unique problems facing modern, advanced capitalist societies (like the USA and…

0 Comments
8 January 2026
WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Karl Marx: Concept of Revolution

For Marx, revolution is not just a riot or a change of government; it is a historical necessity. It is the "Locomotive of History" that drives humanity from one epoch…

0 Comments
8 January 2026
WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Karl Marx: Concept of State

Marx’s theory of the State is a direct attack on the Liberal and Hegelian views. While Liberals see the State as a neutral referee and Hegel sees it as a…

0 Comments
8 January 2026
WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Karl Marx: Concept of Capitalist exploitation

This is the economic engine of Marxism. While liberals argue that profit comes from "innovation" or "risk," Marx argues mathematically that Profit is unpaid labor stolen from the worker. Table…

0 Comments
8 January 2026
WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Karl Marx: Concept of Class

While many sociologists define "class" by income (Rich/Middle/Poor), Marx defined it strictly by ownership. His theory explains why society is split into warring camps and why this conflict is inevitable…

0 Comments
8 January 2026
WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Karl Marx: Historical Materialism

This is Marx’s scientific interpretation of human history. While Hegel saw history as the "March of God/Spirit," Marx saw history as the "succession of different Modes of Production." Table of…

0 Comments
8 January 2026
WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Karl Marx: Dialectical Materialism

This is the philosophical foundation of Marxism. Marx took Hegel’s method (Dialectics) but stripped away the mystical "Spirit" and replaced it with "Matter" (Economics/Physical Reality). Table of Contents Introduction &…

0 Comments
8 January 2026
  • Go to the previous page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Go to the next page

CATEGORIES

  • COLONIALISM AND NATIONALISM IN INDIA
  • DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA
  • ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
  • INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT (ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL)
  • INDIAN POLITY
  • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (IR)
  • INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS
  • INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
  • MODERN POLITICAL THEORY
  • POLITICAL PROCESS IN INDIA
  • WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

00:00:00 AM
Tuesday, 14 October 2025

RECENT POSTS

  • Political Culture as the Determinant of Political Development
  • Crisis of Political Development
  • The Development Syndrome and Variables of Political Development
  • Political Development Theory of Lucian W. Pye: Basic Concepts of Political Development
  • Political Cybernetic Theory of Karl W. Deutsch: The Concept of Deutsch’s Systemic–Homeostasis Model of Political Life
  • Structural–Functional Analysis: The Concept of the Systemic-Maintenance Model of Gabriel Almond
  • Systems Theory of David Easton: Concept and Analysis of Political System, Input-Output Apparatus, Systemic-Persistence Model of David Easton
  • Group Theory of Politics: The concept of Politics of Arthur F. Bentley and David Truman, Role of Groups in Political Process, Styles and channels of Access to Decision-making process, Effectiveness of Groups in the Political Process
  • Political Decision Making Theory of Harold D. Laswell: The concept of Politics as the societal Decision-making process, Classification of Societal values, Role of Elites in the Societal Decision-making process
  • Modern Political Theory: Nature and Evolution, The Modern Behavioural Approach
  • Political Theory: Nature, Scope, and Evolution
  • Vladimir Lenin: Political Thoughts
  • Mao Zedong/Mao Tse Tung: Political Thought (Maoism)
  • John Rawls: Major Political Thoughts
  • Antonio Gramsci: Major Political Thoughts
  • Michel Foucault: Governmentality and Ethics
  • Michel Foucault: Power and Freedom
  • Carole Pateman: Concept of Patriarchy, Contract and Property
  • Carole Pateman: Concept of Democracy, Participation and Obligation
  • Carole Pateman: The Sexual Contract
© 2025 Lyceum India Class Notes