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The Argumentative Indian -

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About the book :


The Argumentative Indian is a book written by Nobel Prize-winning Indian
economist Amartya Sen. It is a collection of essays that discuss India's history and
identity, focusing on the traditions of public debate and intellectual pluralism.

Would you agree ?


 Argumentation is a democratic tradition

 Only those Societies have a more sustainable culture where people have the
freedom to think

Central idea of the book:


 The long history of the argumentative tradition in India

 The main misconceptions about democracy in India which Sen has sought to
dispel is the assumption that India was gifted the practice of democracy by
the western word and it simply adopted democracy after its independence

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 Sen argues that argumentation was the major contribution to the development
of democracy in India and democratic factors were present in India from
ancient times.

Colonial Historians about History of India:


The colonial writers held that Indians had, in contrast to Europeans, lacked a
democratic tradition. While Europeans had enjoyed the democratic heritage of
ancient Greece and Rome, the heritage of Indians – in fact of all people of the
Orient or East – was that of despotism
औप नवे शक लेखक दावा करते है क यूरोप के वपरीत भारतीय म रा ीय भावना और रा ीय एकता जैसी बात
का अभाव था और भारतीय हमेशा वभा जत रहे। एक ओर जहाँ औप नवे शक लेखक ने यह ा पत करने का
यास कया है क यूरोपवा सय ने ाचीन ीस और रोमन स यता के आधार का नमाण लोकता क मॉडल
पर कया वह उ ह ने यह ा पत कया क भारतीय म ाचीन समय से ही लोकतां क परंपरा का अभाव रहा ।
उनके अनुसार भारत और सभी पूव दे श / स यता का नमाण नरंकुशवाद के आधार पर आ है !

Democratic tradition in Ancient Rome:

Even today in Several web series and movies it is portrayed that the democratic
tradition was their in west from the very ancient times

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Socrates- Ancient Greek philosopher:

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Why was Socrates Executed ?

 The people of ancient Greece believed in the existence of many deities—


Polytheism

 Whereas Socrates believed in that is only one God - Monotheism

 Socrates was executed because he gave a thought which was not prevalent in
the ancient Greece society .

 This forces us to think “ Was argumentative tradition (democratic tradition)


really present in the ancient Greece Society” . If Yes then would Socrates had
been executed ?

 सुकरात क गलती के वल ये थी क उसने समाज म च लत वचार से वपरीत वचार दए , इस लए उ ह


ज़हर का याला पीना पड़ा

Argumentative tradition in Ancient & Medieval India:

 The Brahmanical dominance was questioned after the later Vedic Period
during the Intellectual revolution of 6th Century by Buddhism and Jainism

 The undermining of the superiority of the priestly caste played quite a big part
in these initially rebellious religious movements, which include Jainism as well
as Buddhism.

 It included a 'levelling' feature that is not only reflected in the message of


human equality for which these movements stood, but is also captured in the
nature of the arguments used to undermine the claim to superiority of those
occupying exalted positions. Substantial parts of early Buddhist and Jain
literatures contain expositions of protest and resistance.

 Frequently used word in the book - Indian heterodoxy

UPSC PYQs:
 The ancient civilization in Indian sub continent differed from those of Egypt,
Mesopotamia and Greece in that its culture and traditions have been

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preserved without breakdown to the present day. Comment. 2015,12.5M

 The spirit of tolerance and love is not only an interesting feature of Indian
society from very early times, but it is also playing an important part at the
present. Elaborate.2017

 What makes Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss.2019

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