1st Edition
The Idea of Surplus Tagore and Contemporary Human Sciences
Edited By Mrinal Miri
Copyright 2016
272 Pages
6 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge India
272 Pages
by
Routledge India
268 Pages
by
Routledge India
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This book provides an analytical understanding of some of Tagore’s most contested and celebrated works and ideas. It reflects on his critique of nationalism, aesthetic worldview, and the idea of ‘surplus in man’ underlying his life and works. It discusses the creative notion of surplus that stands not for ‘profit’ or ‘value’, but for celebrating human beings’ continuous quest for reaching... Read more
Prologue Introduction 1. On the Interface between Philosophical Anthropology and Social Science: A Perspective from Tagore 2. Unexamined Lives: Rabindranath’s Critique of Education in Guru and Totakahini 3. Liberal Arts Education and Tagore 4.Tagore and the Problem of Evil 5. Aami Kaobi: An Enquiry into the Poets in Tagore’s Fiction and their Relation with Nationalist Culture 6. Tagore’s Ideas on Nationalism: A Contemporary Perspective 7. Tagore and Gandhi: On Matters of Truth and Untruth 8. Rabindranath Tagore: Dance, Music, Spirituality and Science 9. Rabindranath’s Oeuvre and Dialogues with Ecology and Culture 10. Artistic Creativity: Tagore and the Tribesmen 11. Rabindranath Tagore and Androgyny 12. Self in Tagore’s Notion of History: A Project of Liberation? 13. Ecocentric thoughts in the writings of Rabindranath Tagore: An illustrative study
Biography
Mrinal Miri is a Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), New Delhi, India.
