TY - BOOK AU - Johari, JC TI - Contemporary Political Theory SN - 9788120769922 U1 - 320.5 JOH PY - 2012/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sterling Publishers Pvt Ltd KW - Political Science KW - Political alienation KW - Political obligation N2 - Contemporary Political Theory Political theory, generally identifiable with as well as distinguishable from other related themes like political thought, political philosophy, political ideology, political inquiry, political analysis and the like, is by all means the most encompassing intellectual activity. But it remained in a beleaguered state in the twentieth century owing to the impact of many currents and cross-currents inspired by the conflicting interpretations and affirmations of the writers belonging to different schools of thought. In its contemporary form, it is both Liberal and Marxist, empirical and normative, Western a. non-Western, irrespective of the fact that the former aspect outweighs the latter ER -