| Abstract: | ABSTRACT: The network of enterprise concept was applied to an "uncontroversially creative" subject from a non-Western culture-Rabindranath Tagore, the 1913 Nobel laureate in literature. The approach followed here is developmental, describing and analyzing the evolution of aspects of the creative work. It reflects historical reconstruction, examining not only the creative products but other phenomenological materials as well; but care is taken to remain sensitive to the multiple contexts in which the individual operated, including work tasks and enterprises; family and private worlds; professional milieus; and the sociohistorical period. The study explains the challenges in mapping Tagore's network of enterprises and analyzes his overall purpose in undertaking creative work. The analysis of Tagore's literary enterprises provided the basis for defining his uniqueness, along with the density, longevity, cyclicity, and branching nature of his enterprises. Furthermore, the realm of drawing and painting provided confirmation of some of the findings obtained from the study of the network of his literary enterprises. - |
