Encyclopaedia of Eminent Thinkers: The Political Thought of M. N. Roy

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There are many Indian thinkers who have contributed a great deal to the political thought of the country. In these initial 10 volumes, an effort has been made to bring together keen players and their significant contributions to the political thought of India in an unbiased way. The authors included in this series are giants by themselves in the socio- political arena of the country. The set provides insight and critical an evaluation of the political thinkers.

A significant attempt has been made in this book to make a comprehensive study of the Political Thought of M.N. Roy. To understand fully the implications of M.N. Roy's ideas is a tremendous task. The author in this book makes an honest endeavour to present his view in a lucid manner. It studies in detail: Life and Work of Roy, Sources of Inspirations, On Philosophy, On Twenty-two Theses, On New Humanism, On Agriculture, On Industrialisation, On Poverty and Un- employment, On Society, On Socialism, On Democracy, On Peace and Readings from Roy.

This book is a treasure for all teachers, scholars and students of Political Science, Gandhian Thought, History, Sociology and Social Work; all university, college, legislative, judicial, public and other libraries in India and abroad and for all those interested in the study of Political Science. In nut-shell, this book will be of great importance to all.

K.S. Bharathi did his Master's Degree in Gandhian Thought, Peace-Science, Economics, and Political Science. He also did Postgraduate Diplomas in Politics, Public Administration, Population Dynamics, Gandhian Thought, Tourism, and Telugu. He has contributed some articles in learned journals. He is the author of Foundations of Gandhian Thought; Gandhi and Humanity; Socio- Religious Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi; The Philosophy of Sarvodaya; The Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi; Gandhi and Nehru; Foundations of Ambedkar Thought; The Social Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi; Gandhian Approach to Rural Development; The Relevance of Gandhi; Gandhi and Vinoba; The Philosophical Foundations of Gandhian Thought; The Political Thought of Gandhi; The Economic Thought of Gandhi; The Social Thought of Gandhi and The Quintessence and Chronology of Gandhi. At present, he is the Head of the Postgraduate Department of Gandhian Thought of Nagpur University. He is the Chairman of the Board of Studies of Gandhian Thought, member of the Academic Council, member of the Faculty of Social Sciences, member of the Board of Examination and member of the Doctoral Research Committee of Nagpur University.

There are many valuable books on MN. Roy There is hardly any book attempting a comprehensive exposition and evaluation of the political thought of M.N. Roy. This work seeks to provide a comprehensive exposition of the Political Thought of M.N. Roy in a lucid manner.

Roy was more a philosopher than a mass leader. He was essentially one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century and truly a citizen of the world. He was least concerned about himself and most of his life suffered due to a honest and straight forward approach to different national and international problems. His chief concern was to realise freedom for himself and for others.

Roy rejected both dictatorship of the proletariat and parliamentary democracy as the solution of the present problems. He was a passionate humanist. He was impressed by the philosophy of Karl Marx in the beginning of his political career. His socialism was founded on 'Kingdom of freedom' He had faith in the creativity of man. He stressed the values of humanism as the basis of struggle for a higher form of society. He advocated scientific thinking and scientific politics free from any presupposition and dogma. He began his career as a politician but ended as a political teacher and philosopher. He was quite a complex character.

I would like to place on record my indebtedness to scholars and thinkers whose ideas enabled me to bring out this book. I gratefully acknowledge the scholars from whose works I have drawn citations viz. Dr. D.R. Bali, Dr. R.C. Gupta, Dr. V Singh, Dr. V.D. Mahajan and Dr. Bhola Singh.

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