NOTES 59 his philosophical moorings, only set up the broad structure of man's social life; behaviouralism with its detailed and comprehensive analysis would then provide flesh and blood into the structure. Perhaps behaviouralism as a separate discipline would then wither away. We shall then have an integrated and complete social science and much of the chaos and confusion which have plagued meaningful social research will then evaporate. But perhaps this is a distant possibility. Behaviouralism did not suddenly fall from the sky, nor can its origin be explained purely in terms of influx of German refugees to America, Charles E Merriam's leadership, grants of Ford and Rockfeller foundations and so on14. It has its concrete social basis. More than a hundred years ago Marx wrote, "Modern industry... makes science and production distinct from labour and presses it into the service of capital/'15 Now in the monopoly stage of capitalism, science has become completely subjugated to capital. Capitalism has reached a stage when it cannot allow unfettered development of science, particularly social science, since the mystery of its own legitimacy will then be revealed. The limitations of behavioural research have to be understood in this background. But there is no reason to be unduly pessimistic. Post-behavioural research is already making its headway. We can hear the death knell of behaviouralism. It has reached a stage when it can no longer harp on the same string; it must proceed to establish the laws of social development. PROBODH DHOR CHAKRABARTI 1 Robert A Dahl, "Behaviouralism: What It Is" Bellows (ed.) Political Science: Introductory Essays and Readings, Duxbury Press, 1971. 2 David Easton, The Political System, Indian Edition, 1972. 8 Referred to in Andrew Hacker, "Capital and Carbuncles^, American Political Science Review, vol XLVIII, September 1954. 4 David Easton, The Political System, ch 2, sec 1. 6 David Easton, A Systems Analysis of Political Life, John Wiley & Sons, New York 1965. 6 Lucio Colletti, ^Marxism: Science or Revolution", Blackburn (ed.) Ideology in Social Science, Fontana Collins, 1972. 7 Karl Marx, Theses on Feuebach, XIth thesis. 8 Max Eastman, Marxism, Is it Science? George Alien & Unwin Ltd, London, 1941. 9 Bottomore and Rubel, Karl Marx: Selected Writings in Sociology and Social Philosophy, Walts and Co, London 1956. * ° Louis Althusser, For Marx, Alien Lane the Penguin Press, 1969, p 171. *1 JerzyJ Wiatr, ^Sociology, Marxism, Reality",Peter Berger (ed.) Marxism and Sociology: Views from Eastern Europe, New York 1969, p 23. »2 Ibid. 18 Erich Hahn, ^Contemporary Marxist Sociology,'^ Berger, op. cit., p 82. 14 As listed by Robert A Dahl, ^The Behavioural Approach in Political Science'^, American Political Science Review, vol LV, December 1961. 15 Karl Marx, Capital, vol I, ch 14, sec 5.