• Seema Rani

A philosophical and ethical stance Humanism emphasizes the value of human beings and prefers critical thinking over acceptance of dogma or superstition. Humanists have concerns for ‘human dignity and values’. In fact humanism means love of mankind and concern for its welfare and up liftment. Humanism does not means individualism which generates aloofness and competition in the society rather it means interdependence of one man on other and each works for the welfare of the human kind. John Steinbeck was an ardent humanist and his fictions represent the true human conditions during the era of 1930s in America. His magnum opus In Dubious Battle not only, presents the conflict between the proletariat and bourgeois but also voices the conditions that turn hostile one man against another. Present paper focuses on Steinbeck’s humanitarian stance In Dubious Battle and his philosophy of love and compassion that can generate a better human condition.

Humanism, Exploitation, In-humanization, violence, Love and compassion.

"John Steinbeck’s Philosophy of Humanism in In Dubious Battle ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.756-763, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908113.pdf

"John Steinbeck’s Philosophy of Humanism in In Dubious Battle ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp756-763, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908113.pdf