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Book No. – 8 (Political Science)
Book Name – Indian Political Thought (Himanshu Roy/ M.P. Singh)
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1. Marxism and Democratic Socialism
2. Gandhism
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Jayaprakash Narayan: Marxism, Democratic Socialism and Gandhism
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- Power is a fundamental ingredient of politics and a pervasive social phenomenon, eliciting different responses from political actors based on their personal dispositions and cultural and historical milieus.
- The most desirable response to power is represented by Gandhi’s approach to power and politics.
- Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), a posthumous follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was the most creative innovator of Gandhian politics.
- Jawaharlal Nehru was considered the safest bridge between Gandhi and modern science and technology.
- Acharya Vinoba Bhave was regarded as the most authentic link between Gandhism and traditional Hindu humanism.
- JP was described in 1963 as India’s foremost dissenter, intellectual nonconformist, and fighter of lost causes.
- This characterization remained valid until his death.
- JP’s ideological journey included a transition from Marxism to democratic socialism, eventually embracing Gandhian socialism.
- Through this journey, JP developed socialist and Gandhian traditions of thought, addressing deep problems of Indian democracy and contemporary civilization.
- JP was possibly the most sophisticated advocate of a nonpartisan democracy and a Gandhian constitution for independent India.
- According to Girilal Jain, no other Indian figure embodied as many intellectual currents as JP, not even Jawaharlal Nehru.
- JP was described as the mirror to 20th-century India.