This book explores Tagore’s socio-political ideas through his novels, short stories, and essays. It looks at Tagore beyond his literary achievements and examines his notions of friendship, religion, nationalism, civilization, and knowledge. It highlights his uniquely textured and innovatively argued views on critical aspects of humanity in the tumultuous phase of Indian nationalist campaign that also witnessed a kaleidoscope of myriad ideological voices, besides the hegemonic mainstream nationalist campaign, led by Gandhi. It captures the bard’s creative ideational priorities and his attempts to radically transform the prevalent socio-economic and politico-cultural environment.
The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, politics, literature, and South Asian studies.
By:
Bidyut Chakrabarty (Delhi University India) Imprint: Routledge India Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 610g ISBN:9781032546803 ISBN 10: 1032546808 Pages: 232 Publication Date:01 December 2023 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 Rabindranath Tagore: The idea of friendship 2 Religion 3 Rabindranath Tagore: Reconceptualizing nationalism 4 Civilization and its distortions 5 Knowledge generation and dissemination Conclusion
Bidyut Chakrabarty is Vice Chancellor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India.
