Political Science · Indian Political Thought
UGC NET October 2020 Political Science
Who gave the statement that 'India is profoundly convinced that power politics at any time meant misery to mankind in a shrinking world, with disaster to humanity'?
AJawaharlal Nehru
BDr. Radhakrishnan ✓ Correct
CLal Bahadur Shastri
DNone of these
Correct answer: (B) Dr. Radhakrishnan — Dr. S. Radhakrishnan gave this statement, so he is the answer.
Explanation
★Dr. S. Radhakrishnan gave this statement, so he is the answer.
★India's first Vice-President and second President, he was a philosopher-statesman.
★He held that power politics always brings misery to mankind, especially in an interconnected, shrinking world.
★During his public life he witnessed the Korean War, India-China tensions, India-Pakistan conflicts and the Cold War.
★He advocated world unity and universal fellowship over the dominance of competing power blocs.
★He promoted a creative internationalism grounded in spiritual values and integral experience.
★These ideas aligned closely with the moral idealism of India's early foreign policy.
★Radhakrishnan, a philosopher-statesman, urged a world unity grounded in spiritual values rather than rival power blocs.
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