Re/Turning to Tagore in Our Times: Considerations on a Resource of Hope
Abstract
Abstract 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 Ba¯ire 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.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Utopian
Dystopian
and Speculative Fiction
Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
Indian History and Philosophy
Publication details
- Journal / source
- positions asia critique
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 257–275
- Publication date
- 4 March 2026
- Language
- EN