The Solution of Contradiction between Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism:Tagorean Answer of International Education
Indian thinker,philosopher,and poet Tagore advocated for the reconstruction of human common moral courage and the promotion of world peace and multicultural understanding through international education in the face of the harm brought by the division of Eastern and Western civilizations and world nationalism.He made"the whole world meets in one bird's nest"his motto for founding Visva-Bharati University,He vividly interprets his"rooted cosmopolitanism"international education philosophy based on the necessary nationalism in India.Tagore's efforts to facilitate the connection and encounter of Eastern and Western cultures to form a great global alliance of humanity have given international education an important mission of integrating local and global multicultural relations,making it a way to balance the contradiction between nationalism and cosmopolitanism.In the contemporary era of globalization,experiencing his firm confidence in defending different civilizations and cultures as the common heritage of humanity will make us pay more attention to the role of international education in building a community with a shared future for mankind,be vigilant and rationally view the resurgence of nationalism,and actively promote exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations in the world.