Book description
Tagore was a fierce opponent of British rule in India. In this work he
discusses the resurgence of the East and the challenge it poses to
Western supremacy, calling for a future beyond nationalism, based
instead on cooperation and racial tolerance. GREAT IDEAS. Throughout
history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the
way we see ourselves ? and each other. They have inspired debate,
dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked
and comforted. They have enriched lives ? and destroyed them. Now
Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals
and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we
are. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was a Bengali poet, philosopher,
visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped
Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A cultural icon of Bengal and India, he won the Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1913.
