bokomslag The Tagore-Gandhi Debate on Matters of Truth and Untruth
Filosofi & religion

The Tagore-Gandhi Debate on Matters of Truth and Untruth

Bindu Puri

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Between 1915 and 1941, Tagore (1861-1941) and Gandhi (1869-1948) differed and argued about many things of personal, national, and international significance---satyagraha, non-cooperation, the boycott and burning of foreign cloth, the efficacy of fasting as a means of resistance and Gandhis mantra connecting swaraj and charkha. The author tracks the development of this dialogue and argues that the debate was about more fundamental issues, such as the nature of truth and swaraj/freedom and the possibilities of untruth that Tagore saw in Gandhis movements for truth and freedom. Puri shows that the differences between the two mens perspectives came from differently negotiated relationships to (and understandings of) tradition and modernity. Tagore was part of the Bengal renaissance and powerfully influenced by the idea that the Enlightenment consisted in the freedom of the individual to reason for herself. Gandhi, on the other hand, remained close to the Indian philosophical tradition which linked individual freedom to moral progress. Puri points out that Tagore cannot, however, be unreflectively assimilated to the Enlightenment project of Western modernity, for he came fairly close to Gandhi in rejecting the anthropocentricism of modernity and shared Gandhis belief in an enchanted cosmos. The only single-authored volume on the Tagore-Gandhi debate, this book is a welcome addition to the existing literature.
  • Författare: Bindu Puri
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9788132228486
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 181
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2016-09-10
  • Förlag: Springer, India, Private Ltd