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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Published in:Sophia
Main Author: Puri, Bindu (Author)
Contributors: Sorabji, Richard 1934- (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands [2016]
In: Sophia
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
NBE Anthropology
NCA Ethics
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Obedience
B Solidarity
B Swabhava
B Freedom
B Surplus
B Creativity
B Satyagraha
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Summary: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
Reference:Kritik von "Tagore in Debate with Gandhi (2016)"
Contains:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11841-016-0531-3