Sachidananda Mohanty

Cosmopolitan Modernity in Early 20th-Century India

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9781138859333
• ISBN-10: 1138859338
• Artikelnr.: 41609962

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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