My Favorite Article: Is Man Social Animal?

Just go in a flashback and try to recall how many times have you been ‘preached’ of how to lead you life? The journey stretching from kindergarten to your karmbhoomi (workplace), how many times have you been trained and strained that you should live this way or that way? If one can pierce through all this happenings throughout the life, then it is very discernable that a man (read human being- no pun intended) is always undercurrently told to man himself.

Now the question arising is that do we need to man ourselves always? Though, in this ever-argumentative world, the answers would always be great in number and shred in understanding.

Aristotle says that “Man is a social animal”. But, world history witnesses that man has been a social and an animal both, and that too at times. This history keeps repeating itself till date.

According to many sociologists it is in the larger interest of the society if a man is socialized as per the comfort and acceptable level of the society. But again in this world of approximately seven billion people is it possible to have unanimity in every issue? The answer is NO. Why? As everybody’s social, economic, academic, atmospheric and experiential experiences are different than that of others. So how would it be possible to evolve a consensus for every matter that affects our life?

Okay without getting much interrogative lets go back to business. As per my understanding, I can say that to man a man is a misnomer as one need not be manned. Only thing we have to bear in mind is that how to be relevant, acceptable and sociable in this oxymoronic society so that every one of us can lead his life the way he wants, but without endangering the freedom of others.

So man…don’t man… just be sane…..