Tulsi Prajna 1993 01

SR No.: 524573
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1993
Total Pages: 156
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 9 MB

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TULSI PRAJŇA "Individuality is founded in feeling, and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done ....
“The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our present consciousness is only one out of many worlds of consciousness that exist, and that those other worlds must contain experiences which have a meaning for our life also; and although in the main their experiences and those of this world keep discrete, y'et the two become continuous at certain points, and higher energies filter in ...
"I can, of course, put myself into the sectarian scientist's attitude, and imagine vividly that the world of sensations and of scientific laws and objects may be all .... Humbing is humbing, even though it bear the scientific name, and the total expression of human experience, as I view it objectively, invincibly unges me beyond the narrow 'scientific' bounds. Assuredly, the real world is of a different temperament - more inticately built than physical science allows” (pp 393-402extracts)
(2.7) Before we conclude this over-view centered on William James, it would be useful for us to note that the major issues raised by him are of direct relevance to us, a century after they were raised, not only in the limited domain of the science of psychology, but the larger area of society (including economy and polity), culture and the ultimate domain of the human spirit, where we search for our deepest being and reality (through religion, morality and metaphysical beliefs. These would be traced, succesively, in sections that follow.
3. Self in the Social Science :
(3.1) William James, through his insightful analysis of the (1) I' - ME' structure of the human self (2) the sub-luminal/conscious levels of our selfunderstanding, and the (3) multiple sub-universes and corresponding plurality of identities within our personality, set before the newer social sciences their basic problematique and agendas, which continues to occupy them even today. Once again, our presentation would be selective and illustrative, while we trace the developments around the three major themes, listed above, which provide the point of departure. We shall being together the major insights contributed by history, sociology and anthropology, besides drawing upon social thought and internal criticism.
(3.2) The new discipline of modern history is the oldest member of the modern social and human sciences. It was inaugurated by the Italian scholar and
January-March 1993