Guru to the World : : The Life and Legacy of Vivekananda / / Ruth Harris.
From the Wolfson History Prize–winning author of The Man on Devil’s Island, the definitive biography of Vivekananda, the Indian monk who shaped the intellectual and spiritual history of both East and West.Few thinkers have had so enduring an impact on both Eastern and Western life as Swami Vivekanan...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction
- PART ONE: INDIA
- 1. Earliest Days
- 2. Ramakrishna
- 3. Ramakrishna and Vivekananda
- 4. Vivekananda and His Travels
- PART TWO: THE WEST
- 5. The World’s Parliament of Religions
- 6. Women East and West
- 7. Magic, Science, Transcendence
- 8. Green Acre, William James, and Raja Yoga
- 9. Female Devotees and the Labors of the Guru
- 10. The Pains and Pleasures of Love in America
- 11. The Pains and Pleasures of Love in Great Britain
- PART THREE: INDIA AND THE WORLD
- 12. Vivekananda Returns
- 13. The Clinch
- 14. Education, “Divine Play,” and the Nation
- 15. Femininity, the National Idea, and Politics
- 16. Malign Influences and Harrowing Deaths
- Conclusion
- Chronology
- Dramatis Personae
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Index