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Tagore era un accanito oppositore del dominio britannico in India. In quest'opera discute la rinascita dell'Oriente e la sfida che pone alla supremazia occidentale, invocando un futuro che vada oltre il nazionalismo, basato invece sulla cooperazione e sulla tolleranza razziale. GRANDI IDEE. Nel corso della storia, alcuni libri hanno cambiato il mondo. Hanno trasformato il modo in cui vediamo noi stessi e gli altri. Hanno ispirato dibattiti, dissenso, guerra e rivoluzione. Hanno illuminato, indignato, provocato e confortato. Hanno arricchito vite e le hanno distrutte. Ora Penguin vi presenta le opere dei grandi pensatori, pionieri, radicali e visionari le cui idee hanno scosso la civiltà e ci hanno aiutato a diventare ciò che siamo.

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Born in 1861, Rabindranath Tagore was a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance. He started writing at an early age and by the turn of the century had become a household name in Bengal as a poet, a songwriter, a playwright, an essayist, a short story writer and a novelist. In 1913 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and his verse collection Gitanjali came to be known internationally. At about the same time he founded Visva-Bharati, a university located in Santiniketan, near Kolkata. Called the 'Great Sentinel' of modern India by Mahatma Gandhi, Tagore steered clear of active politics but is famous for returning his knighthood as a gesture of protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919. Tagore was a pioneering literary figure, renowned for his ceaseless innovations in poetry, prose, drama, music and painting, which he took up late in life. His works include novels; plays; essays on religious, social and literary topics; some sixty collections of verse; over a hundred short stories; and more than 2500 songs, including the national anthems of India and Bangladesh. Rabindranath Tagore died in 1941. His eminence as India's greatest modern poet remains unchallenged to this day.

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Tagore was a fierce opponent of British rule in India. In this work he discusses the resurgence of the East and the challenge it poses to Western supremacy, calling for a future beyond nationalism, based instead on cooperation and racial tolerance.

GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enr

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