The Political Ideas of Rabindranath Tagore: Reflections of a Public Intellectual

Category Politics Non-Fiction
Format Paperback
Imprint Rupa
Price 295

ISBN: 978-93-5333-801-5
Pages: 256 pages
Date: 1st January 2020

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Revered both in South Asia and the world as a great poet and literary figure, Rabindranath Tagore was also a courageous public intellectual. Two-thirds of his writings were essays and letters in which he articulated his views on issues that were political, social and economic in nature.
The Political Ideas of Rabindranath Tagore analyzes in depth his views in a chronological and
historical way—the way Tagore desired that he be remembered. His criticisms of imperialism and nationalism, his faith in pluralism, his severe indictment of totalitarian communism and fascism and his fiercely liberal beliefs make him a man to be studied again and again if we are to understand the times we live in.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

SUBRATA MUKHERJEE is former (retired) Professor, Department of Political Science, University
of Delhi South Campus, and former Head of the Department. He was a Fulbright-Hays Grantee
and was the Nodal Person of the University Grants Commission’s Committee on Development of Curriculum for Political Science and Public Administration in 2001.