Who examined Western nationalism by arguing that "the spirit of conflict and conquest is at the origin…
In his lectures compiled in Nationalism (1917), Rabindranath Tagore critiqued the aggressive nation-state model of the West, observing that the spirit of conflict and…
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Who examined Western nationalism by arguing that "the spirit of conflict and conquest is at the origin and in the centre of Western nationalism"?
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In his lectures compiled in Nationalism (1917), Rabindranath Tagore critiqued the aggressive nation-state model of the West, observing that the spirit of conflict and conquest lies at the origin and centre of Western nationalism and contrasting it with India's social and spiritual ideals of harmony.
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