The Mohammadan conquest with its propagandist work and later the Christian missionary movement attempted to shake the stability of Hindu society and in an age deeply conscious of instability, authority naturally became the rock on which alone it seemed that social safety and ethical order could be reared. The Hindu, in face of the clash of cultures fortified himself with conventions and barred all entry to invading ideas. There were no longer any thinkers but only scholars who refused to strike new notes and were content to raise echoes of the old call.
Who Wrote This?
– April 13, 2008Posted in: Indian Philosophy
Sharad Misra,
Dr. S Radhakrishnan is the correct answer!
OOps. had a doubt between S RadhaKrishnan and J L Nehru as I was reading Discovery of India and Basic writings of S Radhakrishan at same time.
It must Dr S RadhaKrishnan.
All,
Incorrect answers.
J L Nehru In Discovery of India
Durant
Jawaharlal Nehru ?
Swami Vivekanand?
Mohandas Gandhi
Naipaul?
Neerad C Chaudhary ??
Probably some of the older titans from the Sangh Parivar — Golwalkar or Savarkar?
Maybe in the context of why a forward looking ‘hindutva’ based upon the principles of self-defense, indian identity and hindu-dharma first was required.
Certainly not Irfan Habib.
Ambedkar? Kosambi?
Will Durant