Re/Turning to Tagore in Our Times
Considerations on a Resource of Hope
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12423592 |
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| Authors | Sandeep Banerjee (0000-0002-4458-9836, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 257-275 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | positions asia critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1067-9847 • E-ISSN: 1527-8271 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/10679847-12270320 |
| OpenAlex | W7133540649 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This essay re/turns to Tagore to read him as a utopian writer in these dystopian times. It examines his critique of parochial nationalism and utopian formulation of national belonging by focusing on his novels Ghare Bāire ঘরে বাইরে (1915; English translation, The Home and the World, 1919) and Gora গোরা (1909), in addition to a selection of his poems. In illuminating Tagore's utopianism, the essay suggests that his works remain resources of hope for our present
Dystopia · Nationalism · Quality (philosophy · Resource (disambiguation · Selection (genetic algorithm · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Indian History and Philosophy · South Asian Cinema and Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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