Sachidananda Mohanty

Cosmopolitan Modernity in Early 20th-Century India

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an alternative view of cosmopolitanism, citizenship and modernity in early 20th-century India through the multiple lenses of mysticism, travel, friendship, art, and politics.It makes a key intervention in the understanding of cosmopolitan modernity based on the lives and experiences of Rabindranath Tagore, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Sr

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 247g
• ISBN-13: 9780367177003
• ISBN-10: 0367177005
• Artikelnr.: 56972590

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