A widely prevalent misconception is that material realities condition human agency. This is true to some extent but in the most bland way. The cutting edge of human agencies is too often quite different and even opposite to what material conditions may dictate. Instincts and ideologies which drive human action more often than not defy the logic of the material.
Theologies and ideologies prove the point by their continuation through the ages and spread across geographies beyond their original ones.
The present-day world needs to cooperate unavoidably to tackle such grave issues like climate change and to run affairs of a more integrated world but it is conflicts, military and others, which overwhelm international relations. The world needs to rethink values which fashion human thinking and actions. Ideas are crucial and more effective agents of change. Let us ideate.
Niraj Kumar Jha
