Skorokhodova T.G. Realism versus utopianism: social-philosophical thoughts of Rabindranath Tagore and Semyon Frank

Abstract: the article gives a comparative correlation of development problems of non-western societies of Indian writer and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore and Russian philosopher Semyon Ludvigovich Frank. Common vector that unites thoughts of both philosophers on the ways of development is denoted by author as a path to freedom. The values of compassion for people and the responsibility for social problems in realistic social and philosophical discourse of Tagore and Frank are found as indispensable imperative of work on improvement of social life. Both Indian and Russian philosophers in original form formulate modern thoughts of human and social development based on the human rights and freedoms, coordination of interests in social and economic sphere and solidarity in the acceptance of common social and cultural values.

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