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Rabindranath Tagore in the 21st Century
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Hardcover. Rabindranath Tagore in the 21st Century Editor(s): Banerji, Debashish. Series: Sophia Studies in Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures. Num Pages: 298 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HPD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 244 x 17. Weight in Grams: 562.
This critical volume addresses the question of Rabindranath Tagore's relevance for postmodern and postcolonial discourse in the twenty-first century. The volume includes contributions by leading contemporary scholars on Tagore and analyses Tagore's literature, music, theatre, aesthetics, politics and art against contemporary theoretical developments in postcolonial literature and social theory. The authors take up themes as varied as the implications of Tagore’s educational vision for contemporary India; new theoretical interpretations of gender, queer elements, feminism and subalternism in Tagore's literary and social expressions; his language use as a vehicle for a dialogue between positivism, Orientalism and other constructs in the ongoing ... Read more
This critical volume addresses the question of Rabindranath Tagore's relevance for postmodern and postcolonial discourse in the twenty-first century. The volume includes contributions by leading contemporary scholars on Tagore and analyses Tagore's literature, music, theatre, aesthetics, politics and art against contemporary theoretical developments in postcolonial literature and social theory. The authors take up themes as varied as the implications of Tagore’s educational vision for contemporary India; new theoretical interpretations of gender, queer elements, feminism and subalternism in Tagore's literary and social expressions; his language use as a vehicle for a dialogue between positivism, Orientalism and other constructs in the ongoing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer, India, Private Ltd India
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Sophia Studies in Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9788132220374
SKU
V9788132220374
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Debashish Banerji is Professor of Indian Studies and Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Philosophical Research, Los Angeles. He is also Adjunct Faculty in Asian Art History at the Pasadena City College and Research Fellow in Asian and Comparative Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco. Banerji is the author of The Alternate Nation of ... Read more
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