| Description |
xi, 539 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-519) and index. |
| Contents |
Part One: India -- Earliest days -- Ramakrishna -- Ramakrishna and Vivekananda -- Vivekananda and his travels -- Part Two: The West -- The World Parliament -- Women East and West -- Magic, science, transcendence -- Green Acre, William James, and Raja-Yoga -- Female devotees and the labors of the Guru -- Love in America -- Love in Great Britain -- Part Three: India and the world -- Vivekananda returns -- The clinch -- Education, divine play, and the nation -- Femininity, the national idea, and politics -- Malign influences and harrowing deaths. |
| Summary |
"Guru to the World tells the story of Swami Vivekananda, the nineteenth-century Hindu ascetic who introduced the West to yoga and to a tolerant, scientifically minded universalist conception of religion. Ruth Harris explores the many legacies of Vivekananda's thought, including his impact on anticolonial movements and contemporary Hindu nationalism"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902.
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Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902 -- Political and social views.
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Gurus -- India -- History -- 19th century.
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Hindu philosophy.
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Civilization, Western -- Hindu influences.
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Hindu philosophers -- History -- 19th century.
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| ISBN |
9780674247475 hc. |
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