RT Article
T1 Gandhi and Tagore on the Idea of the Surplus, Creativity and Freedom: In Conversation with Richard Sorabji
JF Sophia
VO 55
IS 4
SP 563
OP 572
A1 Puri, Bindu
A2 Sorabji, Richard 1934-
LA English
PB Springer Netherlands
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1565872959
AB This paper is in conversation with Richard Sorabji’s reading of the Gandhi Tagore debate. On Sorabji’s account freedom was an important issue in that debate as Gandhi was unable to appreciate Tagore’s emphasis on individual freedom as creativity. While I agree that freedom was an important issue, I argue that Gandhi understood and employed the resources made available by individual creativity. The differences arose because Gandhi thought of freedom as creativity primarily in moral rather than aesthetic terms.
K1 Creativity
K1 Freedom
K1 Obedience
K1 Satyagraha
K1 Solidarity
K1 Surplus
K1 Swabhava
DO 10.1007/s11841-016-0531-3