• Dr. Vinay Chaudhary

Vivekananda showed the hollowness of such a materialistic philosophy of mind, matter and universe. Any polity resting on such a superficial conception of man and universe, he saw, was bound to crumble down. Therefore, he developed a philosophy of life which must pulsate every aspect of a system of political thought if it was to survive for long and if it was to exist for the maximum welfare of mankind. Vivekananda with a view to finding out any possible social and political system in his thought. The common belief hitherto was that he was a Vedantist and preached only Vedantic philosophy for the general welfare of mankind. Thus, Vivekananda preached that knowledge was not ultimate Reality, as conceived by the West, but only action

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"A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF VIVEKANANDA'S POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THOUGHT: AN OVERVIEW ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no.1222-1226, September-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904R79.pdf

"A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF VIVEKANANDA'S POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THOUGHT: AN OVERVIEW ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no. pp1222-1226, September-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904R79.pdf