Title:
Guru to the world : the life and legacy of Vivekananda
Author:
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2022].
©2022
Physical Description:
xi, 539 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780674247475
Abstract:
"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.
Contents:
Part one : India -- Earliest days -- Ramakrishna -- Ramakrishna and Vivekananda -- Vivekananda and his travels -- Part two : the west -- The world's parliament of religions -- Women east and west -- Magic, science, transcendence -- Green Acre, William James, and Raja-Yoga -- Female devotees and the labors of the guru -- The pains and pleasures of love in America -- The pains and pleasures of 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.
Language:
English
