Political Science.

By.: Group G
(Chintan, Akshay, Hyder, Hemanshu)
Western And Indian School Of Thoughts.

• The "clash of civilizations"

• A clash of civilizations is occurring throughout
in the world today, a war of cultures at various
levels in both our personal and public lives.

• This clash is partly because of rising historical

and cultural awareness on the part of newly-
independent countries, beginning with India.
 Indian School Of Thoughts.
• It is the great spiritual, philosophical,
scientific, artistic and cultural traditions of the
subcontinent that are among the largest and
oldest in the world.

• It is the emphasis on dharma, on karma, on

pluralism and synthesis, on yoga sadhana and
moksha.
• All major cultural debates are now framed
according to Western values and perceptions,
and so they will naturally serve to uphold
them.

• The important issues of Indic civilization

today are framed according to the principles or
biases of the Western school of thought.

• India does not always fare well, and India as

its own independent source of civilization is
seldom acknowledged.
• India needs a different type of scholarship, an Indic
school of thought that has its own values, traditions and
methods of reaching conclusions.

• Those of us who follow the Indian civilization should

develop this Indic school in its own right and not merely
try to justify our views in terms of the Western or
European school of thought, which is hostile and
radically opposed to Indic cultural tradition.
Western School Of Thoughts.
• The Western school of thought has denigrated or
overlooked the Indic school, particularly in the Indian
context.

• The Western school of thought negates the relevance of

the traditions of India

• It is because Western civilization is hegemonic, if not

predatory in nature, and such ideas help promote its
spread.
• Its information about India contains a built-in poison.

• It is meant to undermine the culture of the region and

subordinate it to the West, however objective,
scientific or modern its approach may appear to be.

• The problem is that the Western school created Indian

academic institutions that reflect Western values.
THANK YOU.