Evolution as a concept is not limited to the evolution of organisms. It is the basic working principle of the Cosmos. With the new evolution theory in the work Evolution Reloaded [Taachal, 2021] the author comes out of the closet of natural selection to explore the evolution of life which is a cause-result linked chain reaction activated as a product of interaction among various environmental factors and energy forms. This theory also envisages a society as an organism sustained by various social processes and energy forms. The following extract is from the introduction of the book.
"A comprehensive evolution theory should deal with both external and internal attributes of an organism. In addition it should be able to deal with the linear changes in the spiritual bodies of human beings and social systems. While Darwin's theory of evolution exclusively dealt with the structure and form that consist of the external attributes of an organism, there was an effort to embed the spirit of this theory into the domain of Social Science. It was done by Karl Marx when he tried to frame his historical vision by inducting the Darwinian conception of struggle for existence into his theory of class conflict.
When dealing with the theoretical conception of struggle for existence Darwin got it right, but Marx got it wrong, because Darwin was dealing with the wild world of animals and on the other hand Marx was dealing with societies and civilizations. Struggle for existence is equally applicable to the world of animals and the world of Homo sapiens. But the way by which these struggles are tackled is entirely different in the world of animals and in the world of Homo sapiens. Historically speaking, the single most powerful influencer of civil life in the entire Eastern world is Gautama Buddha and the infinite number of generations that shaped their destiny never found anything like survival of the fittest as a solution to the struggle for existence. In fact, Gautama Buddha exhorted his followers to avoid the struggle for existence by giving away desire and craving for existence. And in the entire Western world when we search for the single most powerful influencer of civil life, we cannot find any other name than that of Jesus Christ. There should never be an iota of doubt that the gospels on Jesus Christ never contained survival of the fittest as a solution to the natural state of struggle for existence. In fact, the voice of Jesus Christ was against the predatory tendencies inherent in human beings and he earnestly exhorted that man should leave behind his beastly familiarity in order to attain a new state of existence, a kind of rebirth, to become the members of the kingdom of god. Wherever the propositions of struggle for existence and survival of the fittest find historical examples, as in the Americas where the colonists from Europe practiced them by mindless genocide of entire populations in vast continents, we are forced to bow down our heads in shame to accept the fact that Darwinian propositions are derogatory to the foundations of human existence. Providence alone knows that how far Darwin was influenced by the mindless saga of genocide in the Americas to propose his theoretical contentions of struggle for existence and survival of the fittest. Sufficient is said to prove my point that Marx's effort at inducting struggle for existence into his historical framework failed very miserably and consequently the scope of Darwinian evolution remained within the realm of organic evolution." The book is available on Google Play.
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