"The Spirit of Japan" by Rabindranath Tagore is a lecture from the early 1900s, that gives Tagore's thoughts on Japanese culture, sharing what he learned in Japan. The book looks at Japanese culture and praises what makes Japan special, mainly when it started dealing with Western ideas. Tagore writes about how the Japanese are deeply connected to nature and see beauty in their everyday lives. He believes that Japan's real strength comes from its emotional and spiritual connections, not just its accomplishments. Tagore cautions against Western ideas that could hide Japan's true values, and urges the country to hold onto its special culture as the world changes. Tagore argues that people should protect their values, rather than only focusing on what is new and trendy.
The Spirit of Japan
By Rabindranath Tagore
A renowned scholar reflects on a nation's unique traditions as it navigates the overwhelming tide of Western modernization that risks changing everything.
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About the AuthorRabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance. He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful" poetry of Gitanjali, in 1913 Tagore became the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; where his elegant prose and magical poetry were widely popular in the Indian subcontinent. He was a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. Referred to as "the Bard of Bengal", Tagore was known by the sobriquets Gurudeb, Kobiguru, and Biswokobi.
Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance. He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful" poetry of Gitanjali, in 1913 Tagore became the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; where his elegant prose and magical poetry were widely popular in the Indian subcontinent. He was a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. Referred to as "the Bard of Bengal", Tagore was known by the sobriquets Gurudeb, Kobiguru, and Biswokobi.
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