Akshay Shelke

Book gives the view that "Kingship is not the gift from the God, but a contract between the ruler and the people." This is the true basis for the modern day democracy, the popular sovereignty. It proves to be one of the pillars for not only to French Revolution but for the modern world.

There was a time when scholars declared the decline or even the death of the political theory. The credit goes for revival of the tradition of normative political goes to John Rawls, with his A Theory of Justice. Now Rawls has become a reference point to all contemporary scholars.