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…., nearly all ‘new social movements’ have emerged as corrective to new maladies – environmental degradation, violation of the status of women, destruction of tribal cultures and the undermining of human rights – none of which are in and by themselves transformative of the social order. They are in that way quite different from revolutionary ideologies of the past. But their weakness lies in their being so heavily fragmented. …… …. …….a large part of the space occupied by the new social movements seem to be suffering from. Various characteristics which have prevented them from being relevant to the truly oppressed and the poor in the form of a solid unified movement of the people. They are too fragmented, reactive, ad hocish, providing no comprehensive framework of basic social change. Their being anti-this or that (anti- West, anti-capitalist, anti-development, etc) does not make them any more coherent, any more relevant to oppressed and peripheralized communities. — Rajni Kothari

(a) What is the difference between new social movements and revolutionary ideologies?

(b) What according to the author are the limitations of social movements?

(c) I f social movements address specific issues, would you say that they are ‘fragmented’ or that they are more focused? Give reasons for your answer by giving examples.
(a) Almost all new social movements have emerged as corrective to new maladies i.e., environmental degradation, violation of the status of the women, destruction of tribal culture and undermining human rights – none of which are in and by themselves transformation of the social order. They are in the way quite different from revolutionary ideologies of the past.

(b) According to the author these social movements are not any more coherent, relevant, to oppressed and peripheralised communities. To some extent these are affected by party politics. All these according to him act as a barrier in social movements.

(c) If social movements address specific issues, they are fragmented because they are providing no comprehensive framework of basic social change i.e., Anti-arrack movement, Dalit Panthers, etc.

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Read the passage and answer questions below:
…., nearly all ‘new social movements’ have emerged as corrective to new maladies – environmental degradation, violation of the status of women, destruction of tribal cultures and the undermining of human rights – none of which are in and by themselves transformative of the social order. They are in that way quite different from revolutionary ideologies of the past. But their weakness lies in their being so heavily fragmented. …… …. …….a large part of the space occupied by the new social movements seem to be suffering from. Various characteristics which have prevented them from being relevant to the truly oppressed and the poor in the form of a solid unified movement of the people. They are too fragmented, reactive, ad hocish, providing no comprehensive framework of basic social change. Their being anti-this or that (anti- West, anti-capitalist, anti-development, etc) does not make them any more coherent, any more relevant to oppressed and peripheralized communities. — Rajni Kothari

(a) What is the difference between new social movements and revolutionary ideologies?

(b) What according to the author are the limitations of social movements?

(c) I f social movements address specific issues, would you say that they are ‘fragmented’ or that they are more focused? Give reasons for your answer by giving examples.

(a) Almost all new social movements have emerged as corrective to new maladies i.e., environmental degradation, violation of the status of the women, destruction of tribal culture and undermining human rights – none of which are in and by themselves transformation of the social order. They are in the way quite different from revolutionary ideologies of the past.

(b) According to the author these social movements are not any more coherent, relevant, to oppressed and peripheralised communities. To some extent these are affected by party politics. All these according to him act as a barrier in social movements.

(c) If social movements address specific issues, they are fragmented because they are providing no comprehensive framework of basic social change i.e., Anti-arrack movement, Dalit Panthers, etc.

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(a) Almost all new social movements have emerged as corrective to new maladies i.e., environmental degradation, violation of the status of the women, destruction of tribal culture and undermining human rights – none of which are in and by themselves transformation of the social order. They are in the way quite different from revolutionary ideologies of the past.

(b) According to the author these social movements are not any more coherent, relevant, to oppressed and peripheralised communities. To some extent these are affected by party politics. All these according to him act as a barrier in social movements.

(c) If social movements address specific issues, they are fragmented because they are providing no comprehensive framework of basic social change i.e., Anti-arrack movement, Dalit Panthers, etc.