Alternative Idea of India - Tagore and Vivekananda

Informationen zum Autor Gangeya Mukherji is Lecturer in English, Mahamati Prannath Mahavidyalaya, Mau-Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India. Klappentext This book constitutes an intellectual interrogation of two eminent thinkers of their time - Tagore and Vivekananda - while juxtaposing them against the historical currents of nationalism. It shows how both suggested emancipation through political struggles but without transgressing the boundaries of humanism. Zusammenfassung This book constitutes an intellectual interrogation of two eminent thinkers of their time — Tagore and Vivekananda — while juxtaposing them against the historical currents of nationalism. It shows how both suggested emancipation through political struggles but without transgressing the boundaries of humanism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1. The National, the Regional and the Universal -- 2. Tagore in the Context of Postcolonialism -- 3. Vivekananda: Man-Making and Universal Toleration -- 4. In Conclusion -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.

Product details

• Authors: Gangeya Mukherji, Mukherji Gangeya
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.07.2011
• EAN: 9780415676939
• ISBN: 978-0-415-67693-9
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History, PHILOSOPHY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Asia, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / General, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Literature: history and criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General