Whither Socialism : Quest for a Third Path/edited by K.K. Sinha, Uma Sinha
and Priyam Krishna. New Delhi, Serials Pub., 2008, xxii, 374 p., ISBN 81-8387-171-6.
Whither Socialism : Quest for a Third Path/edited by K.K. Sinha, Uma Sinha
and Priyam Krishna. New Delhi, Serials Pub., 2008, xxii, 374 p., ISBN 81-8387-171-6.
Contents: Introduction. Our contributors. I. Dharm Tatha Samaj (A debate on unity versus equality): 1. Humanity and truth/Sister Nivedita. 2. Chicago speech--its socialist content/Priyam Krishna. 3. Religion and spirituality/Rajni Bakshi. 4. Chicago speech--religion and society/Nitish Sen Gupta. 5. Pseudo--religion debases spirituality/Arbind N. Das. 6. Indian culture and country/Vivekanand Kendra Madras. 7. Rashtriyata Tatha Sangam Sanskriti (Hindi)/Acharya Ramamurti. 8. Rashtriyata Ka Sambandha Desh Se, Dharm se Nahin (Hindi)/Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. 9. Nation state---unity and diversity/T.K. Oommen. 10. Hindu nationalism--liberal versus fanatical--Lohia's view/Rajni Bakshi. 11. Worship of the living God/Swami Vivekanand. 12. Non-religious morality/S.B. Mehta. 13. Roy ka Nav-Manavtavad (Hindi)/Ramendra. 14. Compassionate humanism/H.H. Dalai Lama. 15. Radical humanism/R.M. Pal. 16. Renewing faith in God as a saviour/M.N. Srinivas. 17. Ethical humanism of Vivekanand/V.P. Verma. 18. Religion and righteousness/Mulk Raj Anand. 19. Sufism--uniting cultures/Rasheeduddin Khan. 20. Ishwar, Dharm Aadi Par Astitvavadi Dristikon/Ehsan Ashraf. II. Samajvad Evam Punjivad Ka Sankat (Break-Down of the Material Systems): 21. Samajvad Ke Vivad (Hindi)/Vinod P. Singh and Sunil Mishra. 22. Punjivad Evam Samyavad Ki Aprasangikta (Hindi)/Rammanohar Lohia. 23. The Ism That failed/V.M. Tarkunde. 24. Marxism gives way/Kashi Ram Sharma. 25. Is communism dying?/J.D. Sethi. 26. Samajvadi Andolan Aur Gandhivad (Hindi)/Sachchidanand Sinha. 27. Samajvad Aur Gandhivad (Hindi)/Ashok Mehta. 28. Nehru's Fabianism and Gandhi/Pravir Krishna. 29. Moving away from Marx/Nikhil Chakravarty. 30. Collapse of Maoism--some lessons/K.K. Sinha. 31. Fabianism and Fabian socialism/Khalid Mirza. 32. Jantantrik Samajvad Aur Bhrashtachar (Hindi)/Priyam Krishna. 33. Perestroika and Glasnost/Prabhavati Sinha. 34. Welfare dilemma and Gandhism/K.K. Sinha. 35. Vishvikaran--Ek Bhramak Vikas Prikriya (Hindi)/K.K. Sinha. 36. Poonjivad Ka Sankat/Pravir Krishna. 37. You've nothing to lose but Marx/Abu Abraham. III. Jan Samajvad (The Third Path): 38. Viklap Ki Khoj Mein 'World Social Forum' (Hindi)/Prakash Louis. 39. Adhunik Banam Paschatya--Tritiya Viklap (Hindi)/Dattopant Baburao Dhengdi. 40. Gandhi and Vivekanand/B.R. Nanda. 41. Practical Gandhism/Vijay Kumar. 42. Market versus morality/Uma Sinha. 43. Case for service socialism/P.R. Brahmanand. 44. Hamara Deshiya Samajvad (Hindi)/Jai Prakash Narain. 45. Radical Sarvodaya (Hindi)/Acharya Rammurti. 46. Sampurna Kranti Ka Saidhantic Gathan (Hindi)/K.K. Sinha. 47. Welfare state with a cooperative economy/V.M. Tarkunde. 48. Gandhi and Marx/J.D. Sethi. 49. Kumarappa on Gandhinomics/B.R. Nanda. 50. Swadeshi, Sarvodaya and Gandhism/K.K. Sinha. 51. Maen Samajvadi Hun (Hindi)/Swami Vivekananda. 52. The socialist swami/Nitish Sen Gupta. 53. Vedantic socialism/Amiya Kumar Mazumdar. 54. Karma Yoga and management/M. Lakshmi Kumari. 55. Can one be scientific and yet spiritual?/Swami Budhananda. 56. Beyond economics/Hiranmay Karlekar. 57. Socialism of Vivekananda/K.K. Sinha. 58. Spiritual socialism/V.K.R.V. Rao. Index.
"There has been an intense quest for some alternatives to replace capitalism and socialism which in India are borrowed systems from the West, and which are breaking down as a system for the poor. The real shortcoming of the systems is the complete lack of public morality and goodness that the rich in power, owe to the poor.
Of late, a few economists started taking initiative in bringing spirituality as a necessary component of the system as its Indian face but this did not succeed due to dominance of the forces in power.
It is felt that a continuing national and spiritual movement by the masses could give out a chaste indigenous system where the rich and the poor alike could work together for a honourable, prosperous and peaceful society. Some Gandhian norms of simplicity and austerity have to be worked out with Religion and Vedant as the greatest uniting forces. The book is an humble attempt towards this end." (jacket)