
Ramkrishna
Bhattacharya
In
recent times all over the world there has been a revival of
religious fundamentalism, bigotry and intolerance. In fact, the
forces that sustain terrorism today are basically religious.
Add
to this the current crusade against reason that has been launched by
some postmodernist thinkers. Reason is made to stand on the dock. It
is portrayed as the worst enemy of mankind. Some writers, formerly
known as Marxists of some sort, are now eager to come to a
compromise...