Day: November 20, 2022

“Rousseau’s sovereign was like Hobbesian leviathan with its head chopped off.” Comment.  Ans: Thomas Hobbes’s sovereign Thomas Hobbes in his book Leviathan argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. ©selfstudyhistory.com Thomas Hobbes famously said that in a “state of nature” (what the lives of people might have been like before societies […]

Critically examine: Kautilya’s Arthasastra as a political treatise. समालोचनात्मक परीक्षण कीजिए: राजनीतिक आलेख के रूप में कौटिल्य का अर्थशास्त्र। [UPPSC- 2006] Ans: The Kautilya’s Arthashastra is an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, public administration, economic policy and military strategy, written in Sanskrit. The Arthashastra states that artha is superior to dharma (spiritual well-being) and kama […]