
This Chapter Conceptualizes The Radical Idea Of Plastic Kavi In Relation To Tagore And His Thoughts. A Plastic Kavi Exists In The Singularities Of Plastic Moments Where The Flashpoints In Thinking And Formation Are Explosions That Construct Forms, Develop Their Points Of Ignition From Forms That Are Difficult To Destroy And Initiate Differentiations In Critical Thinking And Aesthetic-ethical Experiences. The Chapter Taps Into The Possibilities Of Tagore To Be Other Than What He Is Considered To Be And What He Thought He Possibly Could Be. Plastic Tagore Is The Love For A Tagore Who Has Always Been Restive, Tensional, Withdrawn And Recluse - A Creative Surplus That Meant More But Communicated Less, Achieved Less In Meaning But Produced Possibilities Of Agonistic Life-worlds
This work investigates the conceptual framework of the 'Plastic Kavi' to re-evaluate the intellectual and aesthetic legacy of Rabindranath Tagore. Author Ranjan Ghosh utilizes this theoretical lens to explore how Tagore’s thought processes function as explosive, transformative moments that resist static interpretation. By examining the tension between Tagore's public persona and his internal creative surplus, the text argues for a more dynamic, agonistic understanding of his life-worlds and philosophical contributions.
What You Will Find
Scholars of South Asian literature and philosophy note the high level of theoretical density in Ghosh's prose. The text is frequently cited as a challenging contribution to post-structuralist readings of Tagore's extensive body of work.
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Publication Date:
2024-01-01
Publisher:
New York : OxFord University Press,
ISBN-10:
019892299X
ISBN-13:
9780198922995
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