BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
NOTES
THE
HUMAN CYCLE
The Author’s
Note in the 1949 Edition
"The chapters
constituting this book were written under the title THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT from month to
month in the philosophical monthly, Arya, from August 15, 1916 to July
15, 1918 and used recent and contemporary events as well as illustrations from
the history of the past in its explanation of the theory of social evolution
put forward in these pages. The reader has there- fore to go back in mind to
the events of that period in order to follow the line of thought and the
atmosphere in which it developed and at one time there suggested itself the
necessity of bringing this part up to date, especially by some reference to
later developments in Nazi Germany and the development of a totalitarian
Communist regime in Russia. But afterwards it was felt that there was
sufficient prevision and allusion to these events and more elaborate
description or criticism of them was not essential; there was already without
them an adequate working out and elucidation of this theory of the social
cycle."
November, 1949
Publishers’ Note
The
second edition of THE HUMAN CYCLE was
published by the Sri Aurobindo Library, New York in 1950. The Sri Aurobindo International
Centre of Education brought out in 1962 a combined edition of THE
HUMAN CYCLE, THE IDEAL OF HUMAN UNITY and WAR AND SELF-DETERMINATION to
bring together Sri Aurobindo’s social and political thought under one cover.
THE IDEAL OF HUMAN UNITY
The Author’s
Note in the 1950 Edition
"THE IDEAL OF HUMAN UNITY first appeared in
the Arya (Vol. II, No.2 – Vol. IV,
No. 12) complete in 35 Chapters, serially from September, 1915 to July, 1918.
"It was reproduced in book-form
in 1919 by the Sons of India Ltd., Madras (with three Appendices, a Preface and
a detailed syn- opsis of the Chapters. The Appendices contained articles from
the Arya setting forth the ideals of the Review).
"The present edition is a revised edition; but the revision was done before the last World War. It is, however,
printed almost in that form brought up to date by the addition of. a Postscript
Chapter dealing with the world conditions today."
April, 1950
Publishers’ Note
The
third edition of THE IDEAL OF HUMAN UNITY was published by the Sri Aurobindo
Library, New York in 1950. As stated above, this book formed a part of the
combined edition brought out in 1962 by the Sri Aurobindo International Centre
of Education.
WAR AND SELF-DETERMINATION
Publishers’ Note
WAR AND
SELF-DETERMINATION was published in 1920 by S.R. Murthy & Co., Madras and
contained the three essays - The Pas- sing of War, The Unseen Power
and Self-Determination published originally in
the Arya (1916-1920) with a Foreword and The Lea- gue of
Nations especially written for that edition. In 1922 it was reprinted and
published by Miss Sarojini Ohose, sister of Sri Aurobindo. In the third edition
published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1957 one more article, After the
War, from the Arya, was added. The combined edition included an
article from the Arya entitled 1919.
The present edition in the
CENTENARY series is a reprint of the 1962 combined edition and has been once
more checked.