Bidyut Chakrabarty

Confluence of Thought (eBook, ePUB)

Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rabindranath Tagore and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi constitute the key pillars of Indian nationalist thought. In this book Bidyut Chakrabarty demonstrates how Tagore and Gandhi drew on each other as they articulated their unique mode of thinking, which led to an innovative discourse. Tagore and Gandhi agreed on many ideas but also had serious differences on quite a few, for instance, on whether to support the British during the Boer War.
Confluence of Thought brings out the compatibility as well as the differences in their thoughts by asserting that both of them, despite their differences in approach, are essentially informed and shaped by Western and indigenous discourses as well as by colonial rule.
The chapters in the volume dwell on their views on nationalism, civilisation, religion, rural construction and religion. These ideas and arguments moulded the freedom struggle and shaped the future of a free India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789356403109
• Artikelnr.: 69185112

Autorenporträt

Bidyut Chakrabarty was Vice-Chancellor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India from 2018 till 2023.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Confluence of Thought: Conceptual Roots
2. Nationalism
3. Civilisation
4. Religion
5. Rural Reconstruction
6. Education
Conclusion
Bibliographical Notes
About the Author
Index