Tagore and Nationalism

Given the present global crisis, in which nations are flying at each other's throat, sometimes unilaterally and in pre-emptive action, ignoring world opinion, perpetuating a loss of mutual malevolence and fear, it may be appropriate to pause for a moment and review in hindsight the anti-nationa...

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Published inJournal of Commonwealth literature Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 1 - 6
Main Author Quayum, Mohammad A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2004
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Bengali
Ideology
International relations
Literary criticism
Nationalism
Poetry
Poets
Social criticism & satire
Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941)
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Summary:Given the present global crisis, in which nations are flying at each other's throat, sometimes unilaterally and in pre-emptive action, ignoring world opinion, perpetuating a loss of mutual malevolence and fear, it may be appropriate to pause for a moment and review in hindsight the anti-nationalitarian ideology of the Bengali poet, and Asia's first Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore's alternative vision of peace, harmony and spiritual unity of humankind seems more relevant now than ever.
ISSN:0021-9894
1741-6442
DOI:10.1177/0021989404044732