By presenting a new interpretation of Rabindranath Tagore s
English language writings, this book places the work of India s
greatest Nobel Prize winner and cultural icon in the context of
imperial history and thereby bridges the gap between Tagore studies
and imperial/postcolonial historiography.
Using detailed archival research, the book charts the origins of
Tagore s ideas in Indian religious traditions and discusses the
impact of early Indian nationalism on Tagore s thinking. It offers
a new interpretation of Tagore s complex debates with Gandhi about
the colonial encounter, Tagore s provocative analysis of the impact
of British imperialism in India and his questioning of nationalism
as a pathway to authentic postcolonial freedom. The book also
demonstrates how the man and his ideas were received and
interpreted in Britain during his lifetime and how they have been
sometimes misrepresented by nationalist historians and postcolonial
theorists after Tagore s death.
An alternative interpretation based on an intellectual history
approach, this book places Tagore s sense of agency, his ideas and
intentions within a broader historical framework. Offering an
exciting critique of postcolonial theory from a historical
perspective, it is a timely contribution in the wake of the 150th
anniversary of Tagore's birth in 2011.
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