Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-519) 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.
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