ASNS2627 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Thampi And Thankachi, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
1 Dec 2018
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Week 11: tagore and tan yun shan: redefining sino-indian relations. Early 20th century witnessed resurgence of an asian identity and nationalism that brought about both contradictions and reinterpretations of civilizational linkages amidst the backdrop of. Rabindranath tagore, the poet, novelist, philosopher of india was an important proponent of the idea of universalism and the necessity to reconnect between the ancient civilizations. These thoughts were well complemented by the chinese scholar and acclaimed intellectual, tan yun-shan. The lecture will focus on ideas and interactions between the two intellectuals and discuss the alternative narrative that emerged. *wei liming, historical significance of tagore"s 1924 china visit in wang bangwei, et. al. ed. Tagore and china (beijing: research centre of eastern literature, and centre for india. *huang chih-lien, turning point of india-china relations in the twentieth century: the. Linkage role of tan yun-shan in madhavi thampi ed. India and china in the colonial world (new delhi: social science press, 2005), pp. 126-136.
