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Book No. – 8 (Political Science)
Book Name – Indian Political Thought (Himanshu Roy/ M.P. Singh)
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1. Early Radicalism
2. The National and Colonial Question
3. Indian History
4. Interpreting Marxism
5. Radical Humanism
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M. N. Roy: Twentieth – Century Renaissance
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Early Radicalism
- M. N. Roy symbolized a new ideology in the freedom movement that was distinct from moderate liberalism and Gandhism.
- Before World War I, Roy was drawn to nationalist terrorism and was a revolutionary.
- The partition of Bengal in 1905 led to a national upsurge in India and caused significant political turbulence.
- The Bengal revolutionaries aimed to achieve emancipation from British imperialism using violent methods.
- They were inspired by violent anarchical movements in contemporary Europe and believed in violence and terror to overthrow British rule.
- Roy joined the Anusilan Samiti, the influential revolutionary group in Bengal, which had Yugantar as its organ.
- Roy was a radical nationalist, both as a practitioner and a thinker.
- Roy’s early political thoughts, even as a schoolboy, were driven by the urge for freedom, without knowing about Marxism or the proletariat.
- Despite lacking a class struggle or communist dream, Roy was inspired by the human urge to revolt against intolerable conditions of life.
- Roy was deeply influenced by Vivekananda, Bankim Chandra, and the political ideas of Aurobindo Ghose.
- Bhupendra Nath Datta was one of his associates during this period.
- His brief association with the revolutionary group was pivotal to his political career, though it was not an apprenticeship in revolution.
- The terrorist group had weaknesses, particularly its lack of mass support, leading to its failure.
- After the failure of the revolutionary group, Roy moved to Mexico, where he was influenced by socialist ideas.
- Roy was associated with the formation of the Mexican Communist Party.