Re-visiting Philosophy of Social Change in Indian Context[1]
Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal
Abstract:
The present paper is an attempt to critically analyze the present
philosophical outlooks of social change in India. It may also refer to social
revolution, such as communist revolution presented in Marxism, or to other
social movements, such as Women’s suffrage or the civil rights movement. Social
change may be driven by cultural, religious, economic, scientific or
technological forces. We need to find a common, universal, integrated
philosophy of social change for our nation as in the West, we can find
Hegelian, Marxist, Kuhnian, Heraclitan, Daoist (The Chinese philosophical work Dao
De Jing ) and Resource-based economy (Jacque Fresco’s conception of a
resource-based economy) models for social change. Different ideologies available for social
change in India like Gandhian, Ambekarite, Humanitarian and Marxist etc. But when they come to political front they
seem useless as their followers are not even acquainted to these ideologies and
the noble will of great thinkers for a just society. This is also a matter of
thinking that how many political thinkers becomes a real hero after Indian independence
for the youth of India or for national development? How many ideologies come to
existence and made a real contribution to our society. These are some point of
serious concern for the youth and intellectuals of the nation.
[1]
To be presented at 11th Conference of International Congress of Social
Philosophy (ICSP) to be held on 28-30
May,2012 at Dharwad (Karnataka)
