Crisis in Civilisation and Other Essays

by Rabindranath Tagore

Collection of essays on civilization, literature, religion, Gandhi, India in an international setting. Provocative and always thoughtful, by India's Nobel Prize Winner

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

210 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West."

Tagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to topics political and personal. Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced), and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are his best-known works, and his verse, short stories, and novels were acclaimed—or panned—for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and unnatural contemplation. His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: India's Jana Gana Mana and Bangladesh's Amar Shonar Bangla.

The complete works of Rabindranath Tagore (রবীন্দ্র রচনাবলী) in the original Bengali are now available at these third-party websites:
http://www.tagoreweb.in/
http://www.rabindra-rachanabali.nltr....

Reviews

[Mahender Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book written by Rabindra Nath Thakur in his last days about what is ailing human culture and civilization.
A good insight and offers a course correction.