Question

who said Nationalism in menace of civilaization​

Answer 1

Tagore’s works are mostly in Bengali, and often works of fiction. That makes it hard to distil his views on various issues.

I found this essay in English on Tagoreweb, which contains all his writings. In this Tagore questions the idea of nation, and insists that moral principles and humanity are greater. (This writing sounds like a talk although no reference about its date of publication or purpose is cited on Tagoreweb.)

Before I read this essay, I had a broad sense that Tagore was a liberal but turns out he is not quite a liberal at all; instead, an aristocrat. An elitist. I’m not impressed.

So why do I cite his views on nationalism? Well, they are interesting – being quite different to mine (I believe in functional nationalism – i.e. nation created for the simple purpose of providing public goods and defending property rights, no more). Plus it is good to know more about Tagore.