Indian Political Thought: Themes and Thinkers | Third Edition | By Pearson
by Himanshu Roy, M P. Singh
Preface
—Himanshu Roy
In the Indic civilizational discourse, particularly in the pre-colonial India, saint-poets had played an important role in social change despite many of them being illiterate. The running themes across the ages were of justice, governance and equality, for which they led an emancipatory praxis in the society, were critical of the administration of their times, and suggested measures for better governance. Broadly, it was a struggle for the emancipation of individuals and society from the existing structure. Also, they advised the monarchs to be sensitive to the needs of the praja, and actuated collective democratic praxis to modify the existing social structure. Their political advice and social praxis, reflected in their ...
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