Browsing by Subject "Alienation"

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The Concept of alienation with special reference to the philosophical ideas of Rabindra Nath Tagor
(University of North Bengal, 2000) Mitra, Gayatri; Roy, Pabitra; Ghosh, Manjulika
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Everyday social relation : feminist reading
(University of North Bengal, 31-03-2017) Chakraborty, Jhuma; Basu, Sritama
The relations, even in a middleclass urban educated nuclear family, can be complex when all the members of a three-member family have strong and unique agencies, andhave different perceptions of life. All three, absolutely reasonable caring human beings, live with a sense of alienation, with a perpetual grudge that the other two do not understand him/her. None of them are happy. The three-dimensional relationship, apparently simple, yet, deep down, is very complex. The complexity of relations disturbs the three members because they truly love one another. This paper endeavours to provide a possible solution to this problem from a feminist perspective.
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Rabindranath’s idea of alienation : interpretation of raktakarabi
(University of North Bengal, 31-03-2017) Ghosh, Sayantan
Pen of the social thinker Rabindranath Tagore reflects the pain of human beings in any social order that is exploitative and alienating, be it industrial capitalism or traditional religious order. He was in favour of cooperation - cooperation in production, cooperation in consumption and cooperation in celebration. He advocated reaching the state of “Ananda”/happiness – creative happiness and collective happiness. He criticised any social order that alienates man from the product he produces, from other human beings and from his own creative self. He emphasised on the role of senses in alienation. This paper would try to outline Tagore’s idea of alienation and the process of liberation of an alienated self to humane self. This concept is reflected in many of his writings but this paper would particularly focus on Raktakarabi. Regarding the idea of alienation, there are certain similarities between Tagore and Marx but there also exists significant uniqueness in Rabindrik philosophy.