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Ever since the Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Amartya Sen, there has been much endeavour to highlight Sen’s Shantiniketan background and affinity of his world outlook with that of Rabindranath Tagore. Unfortunately, a deeper analysis is likely to reveal that Amartya Sen’s views (based on a western world-outlook) are diametrically opposed to that of Tagore (based on ancient Indian world-outlook), particularly as regards sustainable development and eco-ethical human living. This article endeavours to highlight these contrasting aspects of the world-outlooks of two Bengalee Nobel Laureates.
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Lal Basu, Ratan
(2009)
"The eco-ethical views of Tagore and Amartya Sen,"
Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies:
Vol. 8:
Iss.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cm/vol8/iss2/5
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