Political Science · Indian Political Thought
UGC NET June 2019 Political Science
Integral humanism means which of the following? Select the correct answer from the given options.
- 1. Human life is not isolated
- 2. Harmony among the individual, society and nation
- 3. The essential unity of man
- 4. The state is superior to the nation
A1, 2 & 3 ✓ Correct
B1, 2 & 4
C3 & 4
D2, 3 & 4
Correct answer: (A) 1, 2 & 3 — Integral Humanism affirms statements 1, 2 and 3, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
Explanation
★Integral Humanism affirms statements 1, 2 and 3, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
★Formulated by Deendayal Upadhyay, it places the human being at the centre of an indigenous economic and social model.
★It holds that human life is not isolated but bound up with larger wholes, so statement 1 is correct.
★It seeks harmony among the individual, society and nation rather than conflict between them, so statement 2 is correct.
★It asserts the essential unity of man, integrating body, mind, intellect and soul, so statement 3 is correct.
★Statement 4 is false: Upadhyay held that the state is not supreme, and the nation is not a mere product of social contract.
★He argued the nation would not cease to exist even if a social contract were broken, marking a difference from Western contract theory.
★Upadhyay built Integral Humanism on three Gandhian principles, Sarvodaya, Swadeshi and Gram Swaraj.
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