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This is a fluently written introduction to various aspects of the life and work of the Bengali poet-thinker Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941). Ramin Jahanbegloo highlights various crucial themes from Tagore’s pedagogic philosophy, religious cosmology, and sociocultural cosmopolitanism. His delineation of the Tagore-Gandhi relationship is especially insightful. He brings Tagore’s motifs into active conversation with contemporary debates – indeed, to echo his idiom, Tagore can be resituated as our “contemporary”. -- Ankur Barua, Senior Lecturer in Hindu Studies, University of Cambridge, UK Ramin Jahanbegloo’s comprehensive survey of the varied aspects of Rabindranath Tagore’s thought is a timely attempt to remind us of its continuing relevance. It is particularly noteworthy that Jahanbegloo’s approach to his subject is itself Tagorean in spirit and style. Whether temperamentally sympathetic to Tagorean idealism or more critically oriented, the reader will find this study an excellent starting point for further exploration of a fascinating body of work. -- Kaiser Haq, University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh

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Ramin Jahanbegloo is the Executive Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Nonviolence and Peace Studies and the Vice-Dean of the School of Law at Jindal Global University- Delhi-India.

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