Gandhi and Tagore on the Idea of the Surplus, Creativity and Freedom: In Conversation with Richard Sorabji

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...

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Pubblicato in:Sophia
Autore principale: Puri, Bindu (Autore)
Altri autori: Sorabji, Richard 1934- (Antecedente bibliografico)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Springer Netherlands [2016]
In: Sophia
Notazioni IxTheo:AG Vita religiosa
BK Induismo; Giainismo; Sikhismo
NBE Antropologia
NCA Etica
TK Età contemporanea
Altre parole chiave:B Obedience
B Solidarity
B Swabhava
B Freedom
B Surplus
B Creativity
B Satyagraha
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Riepilogo: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.
ISSN:1873-930X
Riferimento:Kritik von "Tagore in Debate with Gandhi (2016)"
Comprende:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11841-016-0531-3