Law of Social Cycle: Difference between revisions

To Sarkar, each age would run its course, with the social motivity going too far, causing much grief to the majority of people (Sarkar, 1967). The situation could go on unchecked for a long time, before things got so bad that a spontaneous revolution and overthrow of the system took place. In fact, as this was the reason for social change, it was clear that no single class of people could remain dominant indefinitely. Social power was destined to pass from one class to next in the prescribed order, or cycle. The 'age of warriors', which brings strict order to society and a return to fundamental values, essentially leads to excessive focus on strong man rule and warfare. It is followed by an 'age of intellectuals', which bring a sense of liberation in the mental sphere but soon replace that freedom with the yoke of newer ideas. Over time this age merges into an 'age of acquisitors', which brings progress in the material sphere, but this is soon replaced by increased physical and mental exploitation. The [[Servile Wars]] spelled the doom of the [[Roman Republic]]. Labour conflict could be the undoing of [[Capitalism]], according to this theory. And so the cycle moves on its endless round, until the civilisation ceases to exist or is taken over by a superior or more powerful civilisation.

In Sarkar's vision social progress is seen to be established on the basis of a new vision of [[Progressive utilization theory|human progress]]. Sarkar's theory focuses on four basic ages of warriors, intellectuals and acquisitors, as well as a brief age of labourers. During such ages humanity has faced an eternal struggle with each [[Epoch (reference date)|epoch]] deteriorating into a harmful [[exploitation|exploitative]] phase. Sarkar devises an [[exit strategy]] from such a development, based on the role of enlightened moralists, the [[Sadvipras]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2005/03/sadvipras.html|title=The Place of Sadvipras in the Social Cycle|accessdate=2009-05-17}}</ref> It is their role, based on their self-less virtues and ideation on the [[Divinity|divine]], to apply energy and accelerate social progress when the evolutionary process is caught up in a [[Stasis (political history)|stasis]] whereby the ruling class has abandoned its original [[virtue]]s and through an intense focus on their [[motivity|social agenda]] inflict [[misery]] on the other sections of society.