POL. SC. 352 – History Political of Thought II Past Questions

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2014/2015 ACADEMY SESSION

COURSE TITLE: HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT II

course CODE: POL. SC. 352

TIME ALLOWED: 3HRS

DATE: 12^TH August 2015

Instruction: Answer question No. 1 and any other 3

1. Critically analyze the famous Maxim- ‘The End justifies the means in the context of the current Nigerian National Assembly Political Party Squabbles.
2. Explain the submissions in the following to political thought:

–                The General Will

–                The Leviathan

–                The second treatise on civil government

3. examine the contributions of the following thinkers to political philosophy:

–                G.W. Hegal.

–                Karl Marx/Friedrich Engels

4. Outline the main propositions of the utilitarian philosophers and discuss their relevance to Nigerian Politics and Government.
5. Identify and analyze the recommendations contained in the Prince and the discourses.
6. Briefly discuss the following terms:

–                Class struggle

–                Origins of the social contract idea

–                Historical Materialism

7. Discuss 4 contributions of Niccolo Machiavelli’s ‘Science of Politics’ to Political thought.

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UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

UNDERGRADUATE EXAMINATION

Session: 2012/2013

Semester: Second

Course code: Pol. Sc. 352

Course Title: History of Political Thought

Unit Load: 2

Instruction: Answer question 1 and any three others.

1. Critically analyze the status of women in the polity according to the following philosophers: Nicollo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Fredrick Hegel, J.S. Mill, and Karl Marx.
2. With reference to appropriate literature analyze the logic of dialectics according to Fredrick Hegel and Karl Marx.
3. Critically discuss the philosophy of civil disobedience as espoused by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jeremy Bentham.
4. Discuss the notion of human nature according to Nicollo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jeremy Bentham.
5. Relate the utilitarian philosophers of Bentham and Mills to the upsurge of Boko Haram, the Niger Delta Struggle, and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra in Nigeria.
6. While states like Germany, France, and Spain experienced a measure of stability arising from the existence of strong monarchies, Italy buckled under internal disorganization and external aggression. Comment on Machiavellian advice to the Prince on “the end justifies the means”.
7. Analyze the relationship between the social contract and utilitarian theorists in the Nigerian context.
8. Compare and contrast the political philosophers of Nnamdi Azikiwe and Kwame Nkrumah.

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