Rabindranath Tagore''s Axiology of Politics

This book revisits Rabindranath Tagore?s opinion and standpoints on constituent elements of politics from the stance of this marker??axiology, so that many well-known aspects of his thought may be seen in a different light. Among the Indian luminaries of the first half of the twentieth century, who were well-known both in the East and the West, Rabindranath Tagore (1861?1941) was arguably the most ?gifted? personality. Besides being the first non-European recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1913) and the ?ambassador? of Indian culture to the West, he also wrote voluminous essays and letters on socio-political issues??engaged himself in various protests against the raj, as a pacifist in international arena and also as a polemical writer. Tagore is often described as the ?conscience? of the Indian nation.

This book includes a long Tagore-Einstein conversation and a longish dialogue with H G Wells and his creative writings??poems, fictions, plays, and ?personal? letters??along with his direct political discourses to understand his Political Thought in a more comprehensive way.