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    RADICAL HUMANISM OF M. N. ROYAuthor(s): B. K. MahakulSource: The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 66, No. 3 (July-Sept., 2005), pp. 607-618Published by: Indian Political Science AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41856152.

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    The Indian Journal f Political cience

    Vol.

    LXVI,

    No.

    3,

    July-Sept.,

    005

    RADICAL

    HUMANISM

    OF M.

    N.

    ROY

    B

    K

    Mahakul

    Manalyendra

    ath

    oy

    s a

    political

    hinker

    f

    Modern

    ndias

    a Radical

    umanist,

    y

    isowning

    arxism.n

    volving

    heo-

    cial

    hilosophyf

    Radical

    umanism,

    e

    onsiders

    imself

    s

    humanistnd ot

    n rthodoxarxist,

    f

    ntegrated

    adical-

    ism

    ith

    cientific

    umanismrNew

    umanism.is

    olitical

    views

    re

    ounded

    n easonnd

    morality

    nd

    ot

    n

    ny ogma.

    Hebelievedhathe risisfmodemivilizationsdue o he

    lack

    f

    ntegrated

    iew

    f

    uman

    ature.

    ccording

    o

    M.N.Roy,

    in

    ny evolutionary

    ocial

    hilosophy

    overeignty

    f

    manmust

    be

    recognized.

    anmustetaken

    s a moral

    ntity

    ndnot

    merely

    biological

    ne.

    oy

    as

    ritical

    f

    heMarxianon-

    cepts

    f

    conomic

    eterminism,

    ictatorship

    f

    he

    roletariat,

    dialectal

    aterialism,

    nd

    urplus

    alue.

    ccording

    o

    him,

    he

    economic

    tructure

    f

    he

    ociety

    hould

    e o

    planned

    hat

    t

    would

    romotereedom

    nd

    well-being

    f

    hendividual.

    e

    asserts

    hat

    he ask

    f

    very

    ighter

    or

    new umanistic

    orld

    would

    e

    o

    make

    very

    ndividualonscious

    f

    is nnate

    a-

    tionality.

    hus

    oy

    tresses

    hat either

    apitalism

    or arlia

    mentaiy

    ystem

    an

    olve he

    roblemsf

    mankind.

    ew u-

    manismsthenlylternative,hicheconcilesocialrgani-

    zation

    nd

    ndividual

    reedom.

    is

    hilosophy

    f

    Radical u-

    manism

    s onsidered

    s

    his

    most

    mportant

    ontribution,

    hich

    mayrovideor

    strong

    oundation

    o

    ndian

    emocracy.

    Manabendra

    ath

    Roy,

    he hinker

    nd

    ntellectual,

    assed

    hrough

    three

    tages.

    n

    the

    irst

    tage,

    e

    was

    a

    national

    evolutionary

    ngaged

    n

    smuggling

    rms

    nd

    money

    or

    he

    evolutionary

    ovement

    n

    Bengal.

    n

    the econd

    tage,

    e

    was a Marxist

    ctive

    nCommunist

    ovement.

    n

    the

    third

    nd final

    tage,

    he

    emerged

    s a

    Radical

    Humanist,

    y

    disowning

    Marxism s an ntellectual,.N.Roy ad zest or ew deas.Heaccepted

    Marxism

    n 1919

    while

    n

    Mexico,

    buthe

    did notremain

    Marxist.

    n

    1

    28,

    Roydeveloped

    erious ifferences

    ith he ommunist

    nternational;

    inwhich

    as member

    ince 918

    nd

    breaking

    ff

    is

    elations

    ereached

    India.

    Since that

    ime,

    e

    developed

    new

    Social

    Philosophy

    nown s

    Radical

    Humanism.

    n

    evolving

    the social

    philosophy

    f

    Radical

    Humanism,

    oy

    was

    nfluenced

    y

    different

    hinkersike

    Marx,Hobbes,

    Hegel,

    nd Lenin

    tc.

    Roy

    attempted

    o

    unite he ationaldeas

    of these

    different

    hinkers,

    hichwere

    iverse

    ven

    onflicting

    tands

    f

    hought;

    inonePhilosophicalystem.n 1940Roybegan journeywayfrom

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    The IndianJournal f Political cience 608

    Marxism owards

    adicalism.

    Humanism-he

    Concept-

    he term umanism

    as

    beenderived rom

    he

    Latinword Humanus'

    meaning system

    f

    thought

    rimarily

    oncerned

    with uman

    eing

    nd with uman

    ffairs

    n

    general.

    herehavebeen

    several chools f

    humanism,

    articularly

    rench nd

    German

    chools,

    which

    ave

    ontributeduch

    n

    ts

    development

    n

    history.

    owever,

    ll

    of

    them ave

    one common

    hing

    hat,

    hey

    ttach

    rimary

    mportance

    o

    man.Thehumanistsssert hatmanbynatures goodandcapableof

    indefinite

    dvances owards

    erfection.

    M.N.Roy

    onsidered

    imselfs a

    Radical nd

    not

    n

    orthodox

    n

    between 940 to

    1947.

    Later,

    e

    changed

    rom

    adicalism o

    whathe

    called

    ntegral

    cientific

    umanismrNew

    Humanism.n

    August

    947 n

    the

    manifestof New

    Humanism,

    oy

    explained

    is

    political

    iews s

    being

    ounded n

    reason nd

    morality

    nd not n

    anydogma.

    Roy

    aid:

    Most

    revolutionaryolitical ractice

    e

    guided y

    theJesuitic

    ictum-

    the ndJustifieshemeans. hefinalanctionfrevolutioneingtsmoral

    appeal-

    he

    ppeal

    for

    ocial

    ustice- ogically

    he

    nswer o the

    atter

    question

    must

    e

    in he

    negative.

    t s

    very

    oubtful

    f

    moral

    bjects

    an

    ever

    be

    attained

    y

    mmoral

    means. n

    critical

    movements,

    hen

    arger

    issues are

    involved nd

    greater hings

    re at

    stake,

    ome

    temporary

    compromise

    n

    behaviour

    may

    be

    permissible.

    ut when

    practices

    repugnant

    o

    thical

    rinciples

    nd

    raditionaluman

    alues re

    tabilized

    as

    the

    permanent

    eaturesf

    the

    evolutionaryegime,

    hemeans

    efeat

    the

    nd.

    Therefore,

    ommunistolitical

    ractice

    as

    not

    aken

    he

    world,

    not ven he

    working

    lass,

    nywhere

    ear neworder ffreedomnd

    social

    ustice.

    On

    the

    contrary,

    t

    has

    plunged

    he

    rmy

    f

    revolution-

    Proletarians

    well s

    non-proletarian

    n

    n

    ntellectual

    onfusion,

    piritual;

    chaos,

    motional

    rustration,

    nd a

    general

    emoralization

    Roy

    1947:

    34

    -37).

    Thesewords

    were

    eminiscentf

    Gandhiwho

    Roy

    had

    denounced

    for

    he

    reater

    art

    fhis ife.

    M.N.Roy

    has

    viewed;

    history

    annotbe

    considered

    merely

    successionf

    vents.t

    ontainshe ecords f

    man's

    truggle

    or

    reedom.

    Inthe

    ast

    man itherubmittedo the orces f

    nature rto a

    blind

    aith

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    Radical Humanism f M. N. Roy 609

    in he xistencef

    supernatural

    gency

    ike

    God

    finding

    imself

    elpless

    against

    he orces fnature

    e wanted eliverance

    nd

    magined

    od for

    absolute

    ependence

    nd subordination.s a

    result f several

    hundred

    years

    f

    struggle

    an

    ultimately

    ucceeded

    n

    casting

    ff

    he llusion f

    his

    relation

    ith od.

    Renaissance

    n

    Europe

    was a

    revolt

    f

    man

    gainst

    the

    uthoritarianismf

    religion.

    iberated rom he

    yranny

    f

    theology

    and

    the

    prejudices

    f

    supernaturalism,

    ankind

    marched owardswhat

    we callmodernivilization.nsuch situationoyfeltheneed f new

    philosophy

    o

    usher

    n

    the

    ge

    of man thad to

    be a

    primarily

    oncerned

    with

    human

    ife,

    philosophy

    which

    would set human

    pirit

    ree,

    philosophy

    which

    would

    explain

    all the

    phenomena

    f nature nd

    experiences

    fhuman

    ifewithout

    ny

    eferenceo

    supernaturalowers-

    a

    philosophy

    ith social

    purpose.

    or

    Roy,

    he

    nd

    f

    humanistradition

    in hewake fmodernization

    hrough

    echanizationas

    tragedy aking

    the start

    f a decend civilization

    prevailing

    hen.

    Giving

    his

    own

    appreciationf he ituation .N.Roy aid, Theeclipse f hehumanist

    tradition

    s the ourse f his

    egeneration

    nd

    decay.

    Modern ivilization

    stood t the

    headof the

    declining lane

    of

    decay

    hemovementt

    broke

    away

    from

    raditionf

    humanism-subordinatedan to the

    nstitutions

    (Roy

    1952:269).

    Roy's

    NewHumanism as

    cosmopolitan

    noutlook.tcould hink

    not

    n terms f the

    nation r a class but

    only

    n terms f man.

    Such

    a

    conception

    ouldbe the oundation

    fNew

    Humanism,ew,

    ecause

    t

    s

    Humanism

    nriched,

    einforced

    nd

    elaborated

    y

    scientific

    nowledge

    and social

    experience ained

    uring

    he enturies

    f

    modern

    ivilization

    (Royl947:

    34).

    His

    New

    Humanism

    s

    pledged

    to the

    ideal of a

    commonwealth

    nd

    fraternity

    f freeman.

    He believed that a

    commonwealth

    f

    morally

    nd

    spiritually

    iberated

    ndividual s the

    fundamental

    equirement

    or

    he ealizationf better

    ndhealthier

    ociety.

    Such

    humanistic

    ociety

    would e a

    spiritual

    ommunity

    ot imited

    y

    the oundaries

    f

    national tates-

    apitalist,

    ascist,

    r

    of

    any

    ther ind.

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    As a Radical

    Humanist,

    oy's approach

    was ndividualistic.an

    must e taken s a

    moral

    ntity

    nd

    not

    merely

    biological

    ne. Man s

    moral ecausehe

    s

    rational. he

    universe ust e taken s a

    moral rder

    governed

    y

    aws

    nherent

    n tself. he ndividual ust ot e

    subordinated

    either o

    a nation r

    to

    a class.

    Roy

    rejected

    oththe

    nationalism

    f

    Congressmen

    nd

    he

    heory

    f lass

    truggle

    f he

    Communists.

    e said:

    Radicalism hinks

    n terms

    eitherfnation or f

    class;

    ts oncerns

    man, tconceives reedoms freedomfthe ndividual Roy1947:36).

    The

    individual

    hould

    not ose his

    dentity

    n the

    collective

    go

    of the

    nation r

    of the lass.

    The

    Nation-State,

    n

    practice,

    makesno

    greater

    concession

    othe

    oncept

    f ndividualreedomhan he

    lass-state

    f he

    Communists,

    ndalso of

    the ocialists. ndno modern

    emocratic

    tate

    has

    yet utgrown

    ationalistollectivism

    Roy,

    1952).

    M.N.Roy

    was

    impressed y

    the

    philosophy

    f Karl

    Marx

    n

    the

    beginning

    f

    his

    political

    areer.

    e

    accepted

    Marxism ecause e

    believed

    thatMarxwas a humanist

    nd that

    e

    was

    deeply

    oncerned

    boutman.

    Humanism

    n Marx

    had

    strong

    ttractionor

    Roy.

    However, 940,

    s

    a

    Radical

    Humanist,

    oy

    ceased

    to

    believe

    n

    theMarxian

    heory

    f class

    struggle.

    ociety

    ouldnot

    urvive

    ithoutomekind f ocial

    cohesive

    force

    nd,

    ccordingly

    lass

    struggle

    ouldnotbe

    the

    only ealityRoy

    1947).

    Linkedwith his

    heory

    f social

    cohesiveness

    oy's emphasis

    wason the

    ole

    f hemiddle

    lass s the

    most

    rogressive

    lass

    nmodern

    society.

    Whereas

    n

    Marxian

    heory

    he

    working

    lass hasa

    special lace,

    in ater ormulationsf

    Roy

    themiddle lass had a

    special

    tatus.

    oy

    emphasized

    he ndividualndnot he

    lass,

    butwhen e

    spoke

    n

    terms

    of lasseshe

    gavepride lace

    o he

    middle lass nd

    not

    o

    he

    roletariat,

    whom

    Roy

    characterized

    s

    themost

    ackward tratumf

    society

    Roy

    1952).

    Roy recognized

    he

    ontributionf Marx n

    giving

    new social

    philosophy,

    ut

    e

    rejectednterpretation

    f

    Marxism

    y

    he

    ontemporary

    Communists.ommunismegan s a movementor he alvation fthe

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    Radical Humanism fM. N.Roy 611

    world

    ortured

    nd ormented

    y apitalist

    xploitation

    ut

    ately

    s

    causing

    grave

    misgivings

    ven

    mong

    he

    rogressive

    orces f he

    modern orld.

    According

    o

    Roy,

    The abolition

    f

    private roperty,

    tate

    wnership

    f

    the

    means f

    production

    nd

    planned

    conomy

    o not

    y

    hemselves

    nd

    exploitation

    f abour

    nor

    ead to

    an

    equal

    distributionf wealth

    Roy

    1

    52:3

    1

    .

    To

    Roy,

    ictatorship

    f

    ny

    kind

    was nconsistent

    ith

    he

    deal

    for

    reedom. he

    claim fCommunists

    hat roletarian

    ictatorship

    ith

    planned conomyrings reatestoodofthegreatestumber as been

    tested nd

    proved

    wrong.

    M.N.Roy

    was critical

    of the Marxian

    concept

    of economic

    determinism.

    conomicdeterminism

    annot e the

    ocial

    philosophy,

    which

    s

    required

    o ead

    civilizedmankind

    utof

    the

    resent

    risis.

    Roy

    viewed

    hat,

    we

    mustook

    beyond

    he

    deceptive

    deal

    of

    Communism

    f

    the

    hreatened

    atastrophe

    s tobe

    avoided.

    We must avefaith

    nhuman

    ingenuity

    nd

    the reativeness

    f the

    human

    mind,

    which re farfrom

    being

    xhausted ,

    Roy,

    961

    1

    ).

    He

    contended

    hat he new ocial rder

    must

    ombine

    lanning

    ith reedom

    nd should e

    led

    by

    the

    deal

    of

    collective

    welfare

    nd

    progress .

    Roy

    denounced

    he heoriesf lass

    truggle

    nd f he

    ictatorship

    of

    theProletariat.

    e wanted

    o

    emphasize

    he

    ndividual ore han he

    class,

    whethertbe the

    working

    lass

    or

    the

    middle lass.

    Roy nvisaged

    the onflictf he

    resent

    ge

    as between

    otalitarianism

    nd

    democracy,

    betweenhe ll-devouring-collectivego-nationr lass nd hendividual

    struggling

    or reedom

    Roy

    1947:33)

    Roy

    sserted

    hat

    Marxian

    mphasis

    on revolution

    nd on the

    dictatorship

    f

    the Proletariat ould ead

    to

    totalitarianism.

    evolutionsould

    not

    bring

    boutmiracles.

    oy

    did not

    discard

    heword revolution'

    n

    total.

    As

    a Radical

    Humanist,

    oy

    ame

    to believe

    that revolutionhouldbe

    brought

    bout

    not

    through

    lass

    struggle

    r

    armed iolence ut

    hrough

    ducation.

    ducation

    ot n the

    conventionalenseof

    reading

    nd

    writing,

    ut

    ducation

    n the

    ultural

    sense, f a high egree fgeneral uman evelopment.he method f

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    The IndianJournal fPolitical cience 612

    education

    hat

    oy mphasized

    or

    ringing

    bout

    heRadical

    Humanist

    revolution

    as not

    very

    ifferent

    rom

    he onstitutional

    ethod hat he

    early

    moderates

    nd liberals

    f

    India

    had advocated.

    Roy's

    revolution

    involved

    o sudden

    hange.

    His

    radical

    humanisticevolution as to be

    achieved,

    ot

    by

    violence

    r

    armed

    nsurrection,

    ut

    through

    he

    low

    process

    f education.

    M.N.Roy

    was

    very

    much ritical

    fwestern

    emocracy,specially

    parliamentary

    emocracy.

    emocracy,

    hich,

    means

    only

    ounting

    f

    headswhen

    eadshave

    no freedomo ive

    n

    dignity

    s a mere

    eception.

    Modern

    emocracy

    ants o be

    in

    power

    nd

    for his

    hey

    want

    o

    keep

    people

    backward.Under

    parliamentary

    ystem

    ntelligence,ntegrity,

    wisdom,

    moral

    xcellence o

    not ount

    ormuch.Yet these

    re human

    virtues. nless

    hese

    nfluence

    olitical

    rganization,

    democratic

    ay

    of

    ife

    an never

    e realized.

    nless

    arliamentary

    emocracy

    s basedon

    moral

    onscience

    f the

    majority

    n

    power

    t cannot ealize

    hedesired

    end-greatestood

    of the

    great

    number.

    Withno

    recognition

    f the

    importance

    f

    individuals

    n

    social

    life and freedom

    arliamentary

    democracy

    oes

    not

    allow

    individuals o

    participate

    n the

    regular

    functioning

    f

    political

    ife.

    With

    rivate

    monopolies

    n themeans

    of

    production

    he

    principle

    f

    equality

    s never ealized.As

    a

    result

    f

    all

    these efectsnder

    arliamentary

    emocracy

    he

    overnment

    or

    he

    eople

    can

    hardly

    e

    a

    government

    fthe

    eople,

    ecause he

    majority

    n

    power

    still

    ules

    y

    aw and

    not

    by

    conscience.

    n order o

    make he ommon

    man

    ealize

    hat e

    has a

    unique lace

    as a

    sovereign,

    oy

    viewed hat

    foundation

    f

    organized

    ocal democracies ust e laid.

    M.N.Roy

    was

    very

    much

    ritical f

    Marxism n

    the

    following

    grounds.

    As

    a Radical

    Humanist

    oy

    did

    not

    agree

    with he economic

    interpretation

    f

    history.

    e was

    greatly

    nfluenced

    y

    Materialism

    nd

    theMarxist

    heory

    hat xistence

    etermined

    onsciousness,

    ut

    he

    yet

    assertedhat he

    heory

    fthe conomic

    nterpretation

    f

    history

    idnot

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    Radical Humanism fM. N. Roy 613

    follow

    necessarily

    s a

    corollary

    rom

    materialist

    hilosophy

    Roy

    1951:198).

    The

    biological truggle

    or

    xistence ould not be

    equated

    with he

    conomic

    mpulse

    oearn livelihood.

    oy

    bserved:

    The

    point

    of

    departure

    f theMarxist

    istoriology

    as themistake f

    confounding

    physical

    rge

    with conomicmotive

    Roy

    1952:217).

    Roy

    viewed he

    biologicalurge

    of

    self-preservationreceded

    he

    economic

    motive f

    earning

    livelihood,

    n the ame manner s

    the dea

    of

    themeans

    of

    production recededthedevelopment f the means of production

    themselves.

    an,

    prior

    o

    becoming

    homo-economicus

    n

    search f

    economic

    menities,

    as

    guided

    ybiological

    onsiderations.

    Roy

    criticized

    arxianmaterialisms

    dogmatic

    ndunscientific.

    He

    argued

    hat

    n Marx'sdialectical

    materialism,

    here s an element f

    contradiction.

    ialectics s

    a

    process

    f

    ogic

    or as a method f

    enquiry

    was

    acceptable

    o

    Roy.

    But

    ogic

    could notbe confused

    ith

    ntology

    andthe awsof

    thought

    ouldnot e taken

    s a

    description

    f he

    rocess

    of

    naturer he ontentf

    reality.

    ialectics,

    tating

    hat hematter oves

    through

    he riad

    ystem

    f

    thesis,

    ntithesisnd

    synthesis,

    s

    essentially

    an ideal

    system.

    n

    contrast,

    aterialism

    s

    scientifically

    eutral.

    oy,

    therefore,

    ointed

    ut hattwas

    llogical

    o

    place

    n

    ne

    quation

    ialectics,

    whichs

    subjective

    n

    naturend

    materialism,

    hich s

    objective

    n

    nature.

    Roy

    critisedMarxianDialectics hat

    he

    ubject

    matter f a branch f

    metaphysical

    nquiry

    was

    being

    confounded

    with he nstrumentf

    conducting

    hat

    nquiry

    Roy,

    195

    1 1

    9).

    Roy

    was believer

    n

    reason

    nd n

    enemy

    f

    radition

    nd

    heology.

    He

    criticized

    arxism

    s

    theological.

    ince

    history

    s made

    y

    he

    peration

    of the

    orces f

    production,

    ne

    may

    onclude

    hat here

    s

    very

    ittle

    hat

    mancan

    do. He

    becomes

    slave to the

    forces f

    production.

    oy

    was

    critical

    f

    Marx

    on

    the

    ground

    hat he atter enied

    he

    utonomy

    nd

    sovereignty

    fthe ndividual. o

    Marx,

    he

    human atures

    malleable,

    t

    lacks

    nything

    table

    nd

    permanent,

    nd it s determined

    y

    economic

    forces.ncontrast,oy rgued,heressomethingtable ndpermanent

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    Radical Humanism fM. N. Roy 615

    Radicalism onsists

    f

    ll

    positive

    lementsfMarxism reed rom

    its fallacies

    nd clarified

    n the

    ight

    f

    greater

    cientific

    nowledge.

    t

    was the reaction

    gainst

    he

    contemporary

    ocio-cultural

    risis.The

    manifesto

    f Radical Humanismaid down

    that,

    the

    deal of Radical

    Democracy

    will

    be

    attained

    hrough

    he

    ollective fforts

    f

    spiritually

    freemen ndwomen nited

    n a

    political arty

    ith

    he eterminationf

    creating

    neworder f freedom.

    he

    members f the

    party

    ill

    guides,

    friendsndphilosophersf he eopleratherhans there ould e rulers

    consistent ith he

    oal

    of

    freedom;

    olitical

    ractice

    f

    the

    arty

    ill

    be

    rational

    ndethical

    Radicalism s neither

    ptimistic

    or

    pessimistic.

    t is rather

    synthesis

    f activism nd

    rationalism.

    n

    analyzing

    he actual human

    situation,

    adicalism ries o find ut hevarious

    ossibilities.

    hisholds

    out no false

    hope

    and

    without

    eingpessimistic

    t

    seeks to

    adjust

    he

    methodology

    f ction o he

    ossibility

    f vailable esources. adicalism

    proposes

    common

    truggle

    gainst

    nternationalnti-social lements.

    Under

    Radicalism

    lanning

    ouldbe threefold-ike

    ocial,

    democratic

    and conomic.

    lanning

    n

    conomic

    phere,ccording

    o

    Radicalism ust

    not

    only

    ssure

    ncreasing

    roductivity

    nd

    bettertandardf

    iving

    ut

    greater pportunity

    o ndividualso take nitiatives.

    ccording

    o

    Roy,

    the

    new

    ocial

    philosophy

    ust tart ith

    eviving

    aithnman

    egarding

    his

    potentialities. ny

    attempt

    o

    promote

    conomic

    welfare,

    ocial

    reconstruction

    nd

    political iberty

    must

    begin

    withman.

    Roy

    said,

    humanism as

    he

    nly

    lternativeot

    nly

    ocommunismut o ll

    forms

    of nstitutionalism

    Democracy

    anbe established

    nly

    y

    he eassertion

    of

    he umanistradition.an s

    themeasure f

    his

    world.

    eing nherently

    rational

    e

    can

    lways

    earn rom

    xperience.

    e

    develops

    is

    ntellectual

    faculties

    nd

    moral alues nhis ffortso ecure betterife or imself

    (Roy,

    1948).

    To

    Roy,

    The

    basic

    idea of a new

    revolutionary

    ocial

    philosophy

    ust

    e

    that he

    ndividuals

    prior

    o

    society,

    nd ndividual

    freedom

    ust ave

    priority

    ver ocial

    organization

    Roy,

    1952:284)

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    The IndianJournal f Political cience 616

    There ccurred

    ignificant

    iscontinuity

    nd

    hange

    n

    M.N.Roy's

    career.

    His

    political

    evolution

    assed

    from

    nilitant ationalism

    o

    Communism

    o New Humanism.

    n

    the nd of his

    career

    Roy

    came to

    believe

    more

    ndmore n ndividualism

    nd

    iberalism.

    nlikemedieval

    Indian

    aints nd

    he

    ontemporary

    ocial nd

    political

    eaders,

    M.N.Roy

    built

    p

    the

    humanist

    hilosophy

    ith

    lesh,

    lood ndbrain.

    emocracy

    wasthe

    ase,

    while ationalismts

    enter,

    nd

    overeignty

    fman

    ts

    pex.

    Roy hus, ave philosophyf ife.Roy's nnereing evoltedgainsthe

    disappearance

    f

    individual reedom.n

    the

    history

    f

    modern ndian

    thought

    any

    minenthinkers

    rote

    n

    poverty

    n ndia

    nd

    xploitation

    of

    he

    weak

    y

    he

    trong.

    ut

    Roy

    wasthe irst

    an,

    who

    nalysed

    ocial,

    political

    nd

    economic orces

    workingpon

    ndian

    ociety

    rom ime o

    time.He asserted

    hat

    he ask f the

    fighter

    or new

    humanistic orld

    would e to

    make

    very

    ndividual

    onscious fhis

    nnate

    ationality

    nd

    to

    find

    is

    unity

    with

    thers

    n

    a

    Cosmopolitan

    ommonwealthf free

    men ndwomen. e declared isfaithhat,Man did not ppear n the

    earth ut of nowhere. e rose out

    of the

    background

    f the

    physical

    universe,

    hrough

    he

    ong

    rocess

    f

    biological

    volution.

    he

    Umbilical

    Cord

    was never roken:

    Man,

    with

    is

    mind,

    ntelligence,

    illremain

    n

    integral

    art

    f he

    hysical

    niverse.he atters a

    Cosmos-a

    aw-governed

    system.

    herefore,

    an's

    being

    nd

    becoming,

    is

    emotions, ill,

    deas

    are lso determined an s

    essentially

    ational. his

    reason

    nman s an

    echo of

    the

    harmony

    f

    theuniverse.

    Morality

    must e referredack

    to

    man's nnateationality.he nnateationalityfman sthe nly uarantee

    of harmonious

    rder,

    hichwill

    lso be a moral

    rder,

    ecause

    morality

    is a rational

    unction.

    herefore,

    he

    urpose

    f ll

    social ndeavourhould

    be to

    man

    increasingly

    conscious of

    his innate

    rationality

    (Roy,

    1947:34-47)

    The

    philosophy

    f revolution

    volved

    n the

    basis

    of thewhole

    stock

    fhuman

    eritage

    or

    olitical

    ction nd

    economic econstruction

    is

    known s

    New Humanism. t

    stressthat

    neither

    apitalism

    nor

    Parliamentaryystem

    an olve he

    roblems.

    ocialism ndCommunism

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    Radical Humanism fM. N.Roy 617

    reject

    he otion ffreedom. ew

    Humanisms the

    nly

    lternative,

    hich

    reconcilesocial

    organization

    nd

    ndividual

    reedom.

    ccording

    o

    Roy,

    The

    basic dea

    of new

    revolutionary

    ocial

    philosophy

    ust

    e

    that he

    individuals

    prior

    o

    society,

    nd ndividual

    reedom ust ave

    priority

    over ocial

    rganization

    Roy,

    1952:

    284).

    M.N.

    Roy

    hadbeen onsidered

    as one of the most earned f Modern ndian

    writers n

    politics

    nd

    philosophy.

    is

    philosophy

    f Radical Humanisms considered

    s the

    most mportantontribution,hich ouldprovide or strongasis to

    Indian

    emocracy.

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