Guru to the World - The Life and Legacy of Vivekananda

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.

About the author

Ruth Harris is the author of Lourdes and The Man on Devil’s Island, which won the Wolfson Prize and the National Jewish Book Award. She is Senior Research Fellow at All Soul’s College, University of Oxford, Fellow of the British Academy, and Professor of European History at the University of Oxford.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Harris, Harris Ruth, Hilary Putnam
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2022
• EAN: 9780674247475
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24747-5
• No. of pages: 560
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Mindfulness & Meditation, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spiritualism, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Asia / General, Spiritualism, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Mind, body, spirit: meditation & visualisation, Hinduism, Asian History, History of the Americas, Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization