Indo-German Exchanges In Education: Rabindranath Tagore Meets Paul and Edith Geheeb [Hardcover]

This work studies the Indo-German cultural exchange in the early twentieth century that initiated with these three educators and their vision. In 1930, Tagore met Paul and Edith Geheeb, and the encounter resulted in a long term association and exchange of ideas and vision.In 1930, when Rabindranath Tagore met Paul and Edith Geheeb in Germany, they formed a fruitful and long-term association resulting in the exchange of ideas and vision. Tagore's Brahmacharya Ashram, founded in 1901 in Shantiniketan, and the Geheeb's Odenwaldschule, established in Germany in 1910 (thereafter the Ecole d''Humanit? in Switzerland, established in 1934 after the couple fled Nazi Germany), emerged from vastly different cultural backgrounds and social exigencies. Yet, they recognized striking similarities between their educational endeavours. The meeting also initiated a close association between India and Germany, with the Geheebs attracting many Indian intellectuals and Indophile Germans to their schools. This book explores the areas where the lives of the Geheebs and Tagore, and their respective circles, overlap. Rather than being a biography, a history, or a comprehensive description, this study is a comparison of Tagore and the Geheebs and their schools. Making use of the repository of unpublished correspondence available at the Ecole's archive, the author studies the Indo- German cultural exchanges in the early twentieth century that were initiated by these three educators and their pedagogical vision.IntroductionPart I and II(1) Rabindranath Tagore Meets Paul and Edith Geheeb(a) India and Germany in the Beginning of the Twentieth Century(b) Paul Geheeb-A Life for Education(c) Edith Geheeb, the Co-founder, and her Circle(d) Paul and Edith Geheeb-their Personalities(e) Early Contacts with India(f) Rabindranath Tagore's Third Visit to Germany (1930)(g) The Meeting and its Aftermath(2) Educational Ideals of Paul Geheeb and Rabindranath Tagore(a) Pedagogical Principles of the OdenwaldschlS