(University of North Bengal, 31-03-2017) Ghosh, Sayantan
Pen of the social thinker Rabindranath Tagore reflects the pain of
human beings in any social order that is exploitative and alienating,
be it industrial capitalism or traditional religious order. He was in
favour of cooperation - cooperation in production, cooperation in
consumption and cooperation in celebration. He advocated reaching
the state of “Ananda”/happiness – creative happiness and collective
happiness. He criticised any social order that alienates man from the
product he produces, from other human beings and from his own
creative self. He emphasised on the role of senses in alienation. This
paper would try to outline Tagore’s idea of alienation and the process
of liberation of an alienated self to humane self. This concept is
reflected in many of his writings but this paper would particularly
focus on Raktakarabi. Regarding the idea of alienation, there are
certain similarities between Tagore and Marx but there also exists
significant uniqueness in Rabindrik philosophy.
