Dr. Radhakrishnan on "Kalki or Future of Civilization"

5 DR. RADHAKRISHNAN ON "KALKI OR FUTURE OF CIVILIZATION" Dr. R. S. Betai "Man himself seems terrifyingly near the knowledge of how to des troy his planet in a blazing chain of reaction, and terrifyingly far from the self-control necessary to avoid using his knowledge." G. G. Simpson. Any man can say, just with a

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बेटाई राधाकृष्णन की पुस्तिका 'कल्कि अथवा सभ्यता का भविष्य' को पचास वर्ष बाद पढ़ते हैं: विज्ञान की गति मनुष्य की अनुकूलन-क्षमता से आगे निकल गई, परिवार अस्थिर हुआ, आर्थिक विषमता ने राजनीतिक समानता असंभव कर दी, अंतरराष्ट्रीयता कुछ ही लोगों का स्वप्न रही; उपाय केवल व्यक्ति का रूपांतरण है। Betai works through Radhakrishnan's monograph Kalki or the Future of Civilization half a century after it appeared: science outrunning human adaptation, the unsettling of the family, political equality defeated by economic inequality, internationalism cherished by a few, and the remaking of the individual as the only remedy.

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