Cosmopolitan Modernity in Early 20th-Century India

ISBN-13: 9780367177003 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 188 str.

Sachidananda Mohanty

Opis

Viewing through the multiple lenses of spirituality, mysticism, travel, friendship, art, and political revolution, this book presents an alternative understanding of cosmopolitanism and cultural citizenship as reflected in the lives of Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, James and Margaret Cousins, Paul Richard, Dilip Kumar Roy, Ananda Coomaraswamy, and Taraknath Das.

Spis treści

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Citizenship 1. The Celtic Twilight: The Eastern Journey of James Cousins 2. Utopian Longings and the French Connection: Paul Richard and the Politics of Friendship 3. Yoga for a New World: Dilip Kumar Roy and Sri Aurobindo 4. The World in a Nest : The Cosmopolitanism of Rabindranath Tagore 5. Cosmopolitanism through the Arts: The Art Criticism of Ananda Coomaraswamy and Sri Aurobindo 6. The Revolutionary as the Cosmopolitan: The Many Lives of Taraknath Das. Conclusion

O autorze

Sachidananda Mohanty is Professor, and former Head, Department of English, University of Hyderabad, India.