Political Science · Political Processes in India
UGC NET Dec 2014 Political Science
Who of the following gave the idea of 'Saintly Idiom' in Indian Politics?
AJayaprakash Narayan
BRajni Kothari
CMorris Jones ✓ Correct
DJames Manor
Correct answer: (C) Morris Jones — The 'Saintly Idiom' of Indian politics was given by W.H. Morris-Jones in "The Government and Politics of India" (1964).
Explanation
★The 'Saintly Idiom' of Indian politics was given by W.H. Morris-Jones in "The Government and Politics of India" (1964).
★Morris-Jones identified three idioms of Indian political language: the modern, the traditional and the saintly.
★The saintly idiom draws on the moral, ascetic style of leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave, stressing non-violence, service and self-sacrifice over power.
★The modern idiom is the language of the constitution, courts and bureaucracy; the traditional idiom is that of caste, kinship and local custom.
★Jayaprakash Narayan led the Sarvodaya and "Total Revolution" movements but did not coin this typology; Rajni Kothari gave the "Congress System"; James Manor writes on state politics.
★For NET, fix the trio of idioms (modern, traditional, saintly) with Gandhi and Vinoba as the model of the saintly idiom.
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