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What is the Marxist and liberal approach towards the state? On what grounds the theoretical differences between them are premised? Explain.

  • UPSC 2025
  • 20 marks
  • Theories of the State

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Liberalism and Marxism are both children of capitalist modernity, yet they read its central institution in opposite ways. For liberals the state is a necessary, limited and reformable guardian of rights; for Marxists an organ of class domination destined to disappear. The quarrel lies in premises — what the individual is, what property does, how…

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  • The Liberal Approach
  • The Marxist Approach
  • The Grounds of Difference
  • Convergence
  • Conclusion
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