A CRITIQUE OF NASCENT SUBJECTIVE AGE IN SRI AUROBINDO'S THE HUMAN CYCLE

This paper critically examines the idea of nascent subjective age that Sri Aurobindo floats in his social treatise the Human Cycle.He terms this brief period which we are passing through today as a preface to the actual subjective age which is coming upon us. He defines as an age wherein man will live by the inner divine law of his true inner being. The paper illustrates the concept of cyclical progression of human society and then terms the present age as a transitory phase between the age of reason and the upcoming subjective age. Since Sri Aurobindo's primary aim and concern in all his philosophical writing is to unearth the psychological and spiritual dimension of all things and phenomena, the paper analyzes features and impact of the nascent subjective age on human society and its institutions and finally draws conclusions.