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Nationalism
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| Author:
Rabindranath Tagore
| Language:
English
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Paperback
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During the First World War, Tagore’s lectures in Japan and the US critiquing the idea of the nation-state led to a mixed response. While the nations of Europe were battling each other, Tagore urged his audiences to eschew political aggressiveness and cultural arrogance, and cautioned against imperialistic tendencies, xenophobia and sectarianism. He believed that a nation’s growth must be all-inclusive and a synthesis of tradition and modernity. In fact, he proposed that the definition of nationalism in India be based on the works of medieval mystics, poets and spiritual figures, such as Guru Nanak, Sant Kabir Das and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Through the essays in Nationalism, based on his lectures during the First World War, Tagore advocates the need to transcend territorial boundaries and embrace a philosophy of spiritual emancipation for both the nation and its people.
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During the First World War, Tagore’s lectures in Japan and the US critiquing the idea of the nation-state led to a mixed response. While the nations of Europe were battling each other, Tagore urged his audiences to eschew political aggressiveness and cultural arrogance, and cautioned against imperialistic tendencies, xenophobia and sectarianism. He believed that a nation’s growth must be all-inclusive and a synthesis of tradition and modernity. In fact, he proposed that the definition of nationalism in India be based on the works of medieval mystics, poets and spiritual figures, such as Guru Nanak, Sant Kabir Das and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Through the essays in Nationalism, based on his lectures during the First World War, Tagore advocates the need to transcend territorial boundaries and embrace a philosophy of spiritual emancipation for both the nation and its people.
About Author
Rabindranath Tagore was a Nobel Laureate in literature. (1913). He wrote successfully in all literary genres, but was, first and foremost, a poet, publishing more than fifty volumes of poetry. He wrote novels, plays, musical dramas, dance dramas, essays, travel diaries and two autobiographies. He also left numerous drawings and paintings, and songs for which he wrote the music himself. He was the composer of the national anthem of independent India and Bangladesh. He was born in Calcutta, travelled around the world, and was knighted in 1915. He gave up his knighthood after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919. Among his many works are Manasi (1890), Sonar Tari (1894), Gitanjali (1910), Gitimalya (1914), Balaka (1916), The Gardener (1913), Fruit-Gathering (1916), The Fugitive (1921), Raja (1910), Dakghar (1912), Achalayatan (1912), Muktadhara (1922), Raktakaravi (1926), Gora (1910), Ghare Baire (1916) and Yogayog (1929).
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