Modernity
Modernity — as Bodha understands it — is not merely a time period but an ontological commitment: the reduction of reality to the measurable, the replacement of sacred order with human autonomy as the ground of value, and the progressive acceleration of technological transformation without reference to any stabilizing principle. The question Bodha poses is not whether modernity has produced benefits (it has) but whether it has a civilizational future — whether a society organized around consumption, surveillance, and AI-mediated experience can sustain the conditions for human flourishing across generations. The Hindu critique of modernity is distinctive in that it does not require a return to pre-modern conditions but insists on measuring modern developments against a civilizational standard: does this arrangement support or undermine the conditions for dharma, moksha, artha, and kāma to all remain live possibilities?
Wiki Pages
- [[technology-and-modernity]] — Technology and Modernity
- [[purva-paksha-research]] — Purva Paksha Research
- [[big-questions]] — Big Questions
- [[thinkers]] — Thinkers
Source Files
Big Questions
Research Projects
Thinkers
Blog Articles
- Artificial Intelligence is Here - Part 1, from Before to Now
- Artificial Intelligence is Here - Part 2, from Now to Henceforth
- A Dharmika Frame for Sustainability and Technology
- Walking the Tightrope Between Big Brother and Soma
Blog Articles (External)
- Dukh, Depression and Journeys of Life - Depression is the Absence of Dukkha - Part I
- Equality vs Nature - How Hierarchy Can Help Us Save the Planet
- Grasping for the Beyond - On a Critical Schism in the Modern Psyche
- Hindu View of the Simulation Hypothesis
- Teaching and Research - The Rot That Has Set In
- Thou Shalt Not Comment - The Dictatorship of Scroll.in
- The Truth and the Humbug in Greta Thunberg’s Climate Change Speech
Associated Books
- Heidegger and the Inquiry into Technology (Joydeep Bagchee)
heidegger-and-the-inquiry-into-technology— Essay using Heidegger to interrogate technology, modernity, and civilizational critique. - The Crisis of Hinduism (AK Saran)
the-crisis-of-hinduism— Reflection on modern challenges facing Hindu civilizational confidence, continuity, and self-understanding. - Gandhis Theory of Society and Our Times (AK Saran)
gandhis-theory-of-society-and-our-times— Interpretive study of Gandhi’s social philosophy, moral politics, and continuing relevance. - Essays on Tradition, Recovery and Freedom (Dharampal)
essays-on-tradition-recovery-and-freedom— Essays on cultural continuity, intellectual decolonization, and the recovery of civilizational freedom. - The Real Threat to Humanities Today (Vishwa Adluri, Joydeep Bagchee)
the-real-threat-to-humanities-today— Essay arguing that methodological decay, not external pressure alone, endangers the humanities.
Related Concepts
- Purva Paksha — Bodha’s engagement with modernity proceeds through purva paksha — rigorous analysis before critique
- Decolonization — Modernity and colonialism are historically entangled — decolonization requires a clear account of both