| Description |
xi, 539 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references 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. |
| Subject |
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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RELIGION / General.
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Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902. (OCoLC)fst00051859
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Civilization, Western -- Hindu influences.
(OCoLC)fst00863150
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Gurus. (OCoLC)fst00949496
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Hindu philosophers. (OCoLC)fst00957088
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Hindu philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01729923
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Political and social views. (OCoLC)fst01353986
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India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Harris, Ruth, 1958- Guru to the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022 9780674287334 (OCoLC)1343104584 |
| ISBN |
9780674247475 hardcover |
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0674247477 hardcover |
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