Rabindranath Tagore, Crisis in Civilization (1941). A warning from a Nobel Laureate about the West.

In this video, I introduce you to Rabindranath Tagore, the great Indian/Bengali writer who won the Nobel Prize in 1913. I give an overview of his life and work, and then read the great essay he wrote in 1941, "Crisis in Civilization." Confronted by the British Empire and the outbreak of world war, Tagore wrote in that essay: “The spirit of violence which perhaps lay dormant in the psychology of the West, has at last roused itself and desecrates the spirit of Man." He also warned today's civilizations that, "“By unrighteousness man prospers, gains what appears desirable, conquers enemies, but perishes at the root." Subscribe to my free weekly email to receive insights from world history in a weekly essay on Saturday at https://jeffrich.substack.com Try my new introductory course on geopolitics and history, Seeing the world clearly with history https://courses.jeffrichwriter.com/co.... I have distilled a lifetime of studying history, observing world politics, and advising governments into the seven essential lessons that will make you into an independent thinker on geopolitics and history. Or take a deep dive with me into empires, civilizations or mindful history. More information on all my courses at https://courses.jeffrichwriter.com/ You can support the Burning Archive by contributing at: Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/burninga... ▼ ▽ MY BOOKS Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Bureaucrat: Writing on Governing https://amzn.to/3SaI4Ty From the Burning Archive: Essays and Fragments 2015-2022 https://amzn.to/4b7cyyw Gathering Flowers of the Mind: Collected Poems 1996-2020 https://amzn.to/3u2Yh56