Guru to the world : the life and legacy of Vivekananda/
Ruth Harris
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022.
- xi, 539 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
History
"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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Hindu philosophers --19th century--History Gurus Hindu philosophy History