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The idea of surplus : Tagore and contemporary human sciences / edited by Mrinal Miri.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: xiii, 253 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781138936256
  • 1138936251
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PK1726 .I34 2016
Contents:
Introduction / Prasenjit Biswas -- 1. On the interface between philosophical anthropology and social science: a perspective from Tagore / Amitabha das Gupta -- 2. Unexamined lives: Rabindranath's critique of education in Guru and Totakahini / Amlan das Gupta -- 3. Liberal arts education and Tagore / Bhaskarjit Neog -- 4. Tagore and the problem of evil / Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty -- 5. Aami Kaobi: an enquiry into the poets in Tagore's fiction and their relation with nationalist culture / D.R. Shashidhara -- 6. Tagore's ideas on nationalism: a contemporary perspective / Sukalpa Bhattacharjee -- 7. Tagore and Gandhi: on matters of truth and untruth / Bindu Puri -- 8. Rabindranath Tagore: dance, music, spirituality and science / Partha Ghose -- 9. Rabindranath's oeuvre and dialogues with ecology and culture / Subha Chakraborty Dasgupta -- 10. Artistic creativity: Tagore and the tribesmen / Sujata Miri -- 11. Rabindranath Tagore and androgyny / Anindita Mukhopadhyay -- 12. Self in Tagore's notion of history: a project of liberation? / Prasenjit Biswas -- 13. Ecocentric thoughts in the writings of Rabindranath Tagore: an illustrative study / Abhik Gupta.
Summary: "This book provides an analytical understanding of some of Tagore's most contested and celebrated works and ideas. It reflects on his aesthetic worldview, his critique of nationalism and the idea of 'surplus in man' underlying 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 out beyond one's limits. It highlights, among other themes, how the idea of being 'Indian' involves stages of evolution through a complex matrix of ideals, values and actions - cultural, historical, literary and ideological. Examining the notion of the 'universal', contemporary scholars come together in this volume to show how 'surplus in man' is generated over the life of concrete particulars through creativity. The work brings forth a social scientific account of Tagore's thoughts and critically reconstructs many of his epochal ideas."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Prasenjit Biswas -- 1. On the interface between philosophical anthropology and social science: a perspective from Tagore / Amitabha das Gupta -- 2. Unexamined lives: Rabindranath's critique of education in Guru and Totakahini / Amlan das Gupta -- 3. Liberal arts education and Tagore / Bhaskarjit Neog -- 4. Tagore and the problem of evil / Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty -- 5. Aami Kaobi: an enquiry into the poets in Tagore's fiction and their relation with nationalist culture / D.R. Shashidhara -- 6. Tagore's ideas on nationalism: a contemporary perspective / Sukalpa Bhattacharjee -- 7. Tagore and Gandhi: on matters of truth and untruth / Bindu Puri -- 8. Rabindranath Tagore: dance, music, spirituality and science / Partha Ghose -- 9. Rabindranath's oeuvre and dialogues with ecology and culture / Subha Chakraborty Dasgupta -- 10. Artistic creativity: Tagore and the tribesmen / Sujata Miri -- 11. Rabindranath Tagore and androgyny / Anindita Mukhopadhyay -- 12. Self in Tagore's notion of history: a project of liberation? / Prasenjit Biswas -- 13. Ecocentric thoughts in the writings of Rabindranath Tagore: an illustrative study / Abhik Gupta.

"This book provides an analytical understanding of some of Tagore's most contested and celebrated works and ideas. It reflects on his aesthetic worldview, his critique of nationalism and the idea of 'surplus in man' underlying 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 out beyond one's limits. It highlights, among other themes, how the idea of being 'Indian' involves stages of evolution through a complex matrix of ideals, values and actions - cultural, historical, literary and ideological. Examining the notion of the 'universal', contemporary scholars come together in this volume to show how 'surplus in man' is generated over the life of concrete particulars through creativity. The work brings forth a social scientific account of Tagore's thoughts and critically reconstructs many of his epochal ideas."

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