Postmodernism and Non-Absolutism:A Comparative Study

Man is continuously daunted by many psychological forces about which he has no inking or whatsoever. As Heidegger pointed out, ‘man is a crowd’. He is pulled at the same time by different forces in different angles. He feels utterly helpless and at last yields to them. Man is not a master in his own house. That is the greatest of all tragedies that occurred to humanity. Unless man becomes a master in his own house, the seething social problems can never come to an end. The individual’s crisis must be managed first. Without managing the individual’s crisis, one can never hope to think of curing the social crises. Doing so will be hoping against the hope. The very word ‘individual ‘ means’ that which cannot be divided any further’. But not every individual is an individual in the true sense of the word. Man is not a ‘ unity’ but a ‘multiplicity’ therefore it is said that there are reasons why one is not able to understand ‘that which is’, one has to be very sympathetic and flexible to be in tune with that which is. The article analyzes the concept of Jain philosophy with modern movement like Postmodernism with a view to understanding ‘ that which is’ knowing fully well that one’s knowledge is limited and subject to the factors said above.