BIBFRAME Work

Title

Socio-political thought of Rabindranath Tagore

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Chakrabarty, Bidyut, 1958- (author )

Subject

• Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941--Political and social views (LCSH)
• Authors, Bengali--20th century--Political and social views (LCSH)
• Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941--Criticism and interpretation (LCSH)

Language

• English

Classification

• DDC: 891.4/414 (Assigner: dlc)
• LCC: PK1727.P66 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography

Summary

"This book is a political biography of Rabindranath Tagore. It identifies the principal threads in Tagore's ideational universe and discusses them with reference to his written treatises. The book looks at the issues that made Tagore a thinker of visions and were complementary to the uplift of humanity regardless of race, religion, and ethnicity. According to Tagore, religion, caste, and gender were the major deterrents to the socio-cultural uniformity of contemporary India. He championed an ideational vision castigating those socio-cultural practices which impaired the coming together of human beings. The book also analyses his debate with Gandhi and the contestations around ideas of nation, industrialism, and colonial exploitation. An important addition to the study of Tagore's politico-ideological views, the volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, political science, literature, nationalism, sociology and South Asian studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Tagore's mental universe -- Tagore's idea of nationalism -- Tagore on socio-economic reconstruction -- Tagore's understanding of gender issues -- Tagore's approach to education -- Tagore's comprehension of universal humanism.

Authorized Access Point

Chakrabarty, Bidyut, 1958-. Socio-political thought of Rabindranath Tagore

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• Date: 2026-09-11T23:55:28.465389+00:00
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• Derived from: 24049462

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