Indian Nationality (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Indian Nationality We have in these days suddenly come to a crucial stage in the impact of western ideas and western methods upon the ancient civilisation of India. For in the midst of innumerable other claims upon our thought, we are called upon to form a judgment upon the vital question in what ways and under what conditions the political system and methods of the West can be made applicable to the needs of India. That is no easy question. It is not a mere question of political machinery. It strikes far deeper than that, for the concepts of modern political liberalism must inevitably produce in India, as in all countries in which they have been applied, a profound and far-reaching social revolution. How deep the question goes may best be appreciated if we ask ourselves what have been the dominant and operative political conceptions of the West, especially during the last century, and how far they are in accord with the deep-rooted convictions and habits of thought of India. I take it that these dominant conceptions have been four. The first is the idea of Individuality as something supremely valuable, something possessing such an inherent sanctity and such inalienable rights that all formal restraints upon its self-expression not necessary for the safeguarding of other individualities should be jealously regarded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.