SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVE
Introduction
- two approach after marx
- Lenin
- MN Roy
- MN Roy didn't want Communist International should support nationalist parties
- believed that indian bourgeoise will join hands with imperialist masters and betray the masses like german
- Sudipto Kaviraj: MN roy committed the guilt of hetronomy
- comparing two different situations and extrapolating
- Lenin
- support the nationalist parties
- after freedom, work for communist revolution
- JP Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev, Minoo Masani: leninist
- congress socialist
- reiterated their faith in nationalism
- accepted political promise of INC
- preferred radicalising congress from within
- Aurbindo Ghosh: first person to criticise middle class orientation of congress
- Lala Lajpat Rai: concerned about workers
- Pt. Nehru, SC Bose, Pattabhi Sitaramiya: socialistic orientations
- JP Narayan: book- Why Socialism? 1935
- gandhi's programme was dreamy
- india needs socialist revolution
- later on got influenced by gandhi
- supported party-less democracy
- believed in Lokniti instead of Rajniti, Lokshahi instead of Rajshahi
- gave concept of 'Sampoorna Kranti' Revolution after independence
- Acharya Narendra Dev: book- Socialism and National Revolution
- critical of gandhi
- non-violence between class is impossible
- didn't accept gandhi's criticism of modernity
- congress socialist shown maturity, took line of Lenin
- gave Socialist Critque to Congress Nationalism
- other gandhian socialist
- Ram Manohar Lohia, Achyut Patvardhan, Ashok Mehta
- Lohia gave 'Socialism in Asian Context'
- gave seven types of revolution
- gave concept of 'Charkhamba' (four pillared state)
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