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Shantanu Dahiya

This course covers the UPSC Philosophy Optional syllabus. It will also enrich GS answers of UPSC aspirants, particularly in the Polity section. General knowledge seekers will also find a lot to learn here.

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English

Socio-Political Philosophy (Part 2/4 - The State)

Religions in India

Art & Culture

Art & Culture free courses for UPSC IAS prelims exam 2018-2019 including syllabus, NCERT summary, strategy, MCQs etc.These courses are taken by India's best educators, led by Roman Saini.

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The state is a fundamental concept in political science. We discuss its meaning, its essential attributes and finally its distinction from and relationship with the nation.

The State

Different philosophers have seen the state in different ways. We discuss the organic, mechanistic, welfare, class conflict and anarchist views of the state. We also discuss their criticisms.

Views on the State

We discuss the meaning of the term sovereignty and its various characteristics. We then discuss the formulations of Jean Bodin and Chanakya and compare them, seeking to understand the ancient and medieval ideas on the subject.

Sovereignty (Early Ideas)

We discuss the new ideas of sovereignty in the modern age, with the coming of the social contract theory. We discuss Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Austin and Laski's ideas on the subject. We end with a short discussion of sovereignty in India.

Sovereignty (Later Ideas)

Power is the reality through which politics operates. We discuss the significance and meaning of the concept, the different forms in which power is exercised, and finally end with a critical note.

Power

Different political ideologies see power distributed in society according to different structures. We study the idea of power in Marxism, elite theory, feminism, pluralist theory and finally end with the constructive view of power.

Power Structures

Writer, Educator, Ex-IRS Officer, Author of books on 'Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude' & 'Essay and Answer Writing'  for UPSC Civil Services

Awdhesh Singh

In this course, the educator discusses the important teachings of Buddha and the key practices of Buddhism.

Essence of Buddhism: UPSC CSE

Masters in Philosophy from Delhi University. Unflinching dedication for teaching, dancing, panting and reading 

Ishanee Akshda

The course has lessons on topics under Logic, like its basic concepts, how to frame and analyse arguments, identifying fallacious argument and the categorical propositions. It also has some MCQs for better understanding, along with summary of the course.

Philosophy of Logic and its Aspects

Pulkit Jain

This course discusses about important National and International thinkers/philosophers.

(Hindi) Philosophical Thinkers from Ethics for UPSC/ MPPSC

Sociologist by profession and a learner by nature. Passionate about teaching and has been teaching for more than 5 years on various Civil Se

Neelapareddy Vijay

This course give insights on Western as well as Indian Moral philosophers. This will help raise philosophical knowledge of the learners which in turn help them handle any statement based questions.

Chapter-3: Moral Thinkers

Tulika Tulika

This briefly describes about how Indian Philosophy has played its role in the field of Philosophy.

Indian Philosophy

Director - CivilsPLus IAS. I have 9+ years experience as Mentor and Trainer for UPSC aspirants for the subjects History, Art and Culture and

Ranganathan Svn Kondala

In this course, Nathan provides an outlook into the Indian Cave and Mural paintings. This course is targeted for UPSC CSE and other aspirants.

Lessons

6 lessons • 1h 27m