Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
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Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

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Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

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A new collection of essays by the great traditionalist/perennialist Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. This collection has been edited by his son, Rama Coomaraswamy, who is well known for his writings on the Christian tradition. The Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy contains 21 essays on topics reflecting the vast scope of Coomaraswamy's intellect, including those topics with which he is most associated, such as symbolism, Eastern vs. Western thinking, mythology, literature, metaphysics, traditional art, folklore, and even more

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Yes, you can access Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Asian Religions. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
World Wisdom
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9781935493662

Table of contents

  1. List of Color Illustrations
  2. List of Abbreviations
  3. Foreword
  4. Introduction
  5. Prologue A Fateful Meeting of Minds: A. K. Coomaraswamy and R. Guénon
  6. 1 A Figure of Speech or a Figure of Thought?1
  7. 2 The Bugbear of Literacy
  8. 3 On the Pertinence of Philosophy
  9. 4 Eastern Wisdom and Western Knowledge
  10. 5 Beauty and Truth
  11. 6 The Interpretation of Symbols
  12. 7 Why Exhibit Works of Art?
  13. 8 The Christian and Oriental, or True, Philosophy of Art
  14. 9 Is Art a Superstition, or a Way of Life?
  15. 10 The Nature of Medieval Art
  16. 11 Ars sine scientia nihil
  17. 12 Imitation, Expression, and Participation
  18. 13 Samvega: “Aesthetic Shock”
  19. 14 What is Civilization?
  20. 15 The Nature of “Folklore” and “Popular Art”
  21. 16 Primitive Mentality
  22. 17 The Coming to Birth of the Spirit
  23. 18 Quod factum est in ipso vita erat
  24. 19 The Hindu Tradition The Myth
  25. 20 The Hindu Tradition Theology and Autology1
  26. Glossary of Foreign Terms and Phrases*
  27. Bibliographical References*
  28. Biographical Notes
  29. Index