Nationalism

“Their real freedom is not within the boundaries of security, but in the highroad of adventures, full of the risk of new experiences.” a compendium of lectures delivered by Tagore during the first World War and the Swadeshi movement in India, nationalism emphasizes Tagore’s political and philosophical views on human understanding and its weakness for power and material hoardings. Packed with erudition and analysis, It expounds the idea of a moral and spiritual growth for human Welfare. The lectures—written in a lucid, metaphoric, poetic prose—are loaded with a piercing vision of the future and are a critique on his views on spirituality and humanity. Nationalism brings to fore Tagore’s deep understanding of contemporary politics and paves a middle path between growth of the people and a nation, and aggressive ways towards modernity.