Encyclopaedia of Eminent Thinkers: The Political Thought of Mohammad Iqbal

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This volume provides deep insights into the multidimensional personality of Mohammad Iqbal-political philosopher, Islamic scholar and renowned poet. It analyses the metaphysical foundations of his political thought, and traces the development of his political philosophy. Also, it extends discussion on his pan- Islamism, his two-nation theory and his Doctrine of Personality.

K.S. Bharathi did his Master's Degree in Gandhian Thought, Peace-Science, Economics, and Political Science. He also did Postgraduate Diplomas in Politics, Public Administration, Population Dynamics, Gandhian Thought, Tourism, and Telugu. He has contributed some articles in learned journals. He is the author of Foundations of 'Gandhian Thought; Gandhi and Humanity, Socio- Religious Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi; The Philosophy of Sarvodaya; The Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi; Gandhi and Nehru; Foundations of Ambedkar Thought; The Social Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi; Gandhian Approach to Rural Development; The Relevance of Gandhi; Gandhi and Vinoba, The Philosophical Foundations of Gandhian Thought; The Political Thought of Gandhi; The Economic Thought of Gandhi: The Social Thought of Gandhi and The Quintessence and Chronology of Gandhi. At present, he is the Head of the Postgraduate Department of Gandhian Thought of Nagpur University. He is the Chairman of the Board of Studies of Gandhian Thought, member of the Academic Council, member of the Faculty of Social Sciences, member of the Board of Examination and member of the Doctoral Research Committee of Nagpur University.

The well known German Orientalist, Professor Annemarie Schimmel of Harvard University, has said of Iqbal: "Nobody would assert that he was a prophet, but we may admit that he has been touched by Gabriel's Wing!"

If we borrow her style of expression, we would say that Iqbal was not a revolutionary in the political sense of the word, but he was definitely touched by the revolutionary spirit of the twentieth century. Like a bee, he imbibed nectar from the flowers and turned it into his own honey. This was the creative process of his poetry and thought.

Iqbal was a multi-dimensional personality who often reflected tendencies that seemed to be contradictory. To isolate one dimension of his personality and thought from the other dimensions is to distort the picture of the total man, the total poet. Yet, at times for a study in depth of a particular facet of his personality that dimension would be isolated. This cannot be escaped.

Iqbal was born in the later part of the nineteenth century and matured in early twentieth century. The complexities of the historical situation and the economic development in our country were such that revolutionaries like Aurobindo preached religious revivalism, and deeply religious souls, like Iqbal, welcomed the winds of change, glorified the revolutions of our age and wrote a new kind of poetry which had never been written before.

Secular minds like Gandhi, in the words of Romain Rolland, introduced into human politics the strongest religious impetus of the last two thousand years and succeeded in stirring millions of people to revolt and shake the foundations of the British Empire.

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