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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.Ā The Essential Ananda K. CoomaraswamyĀ 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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Table of contents
- List of Color Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Prologue A Fateful Meeting of Minds: A. K. Coomaraswamy and R. GuƩnon
- 1 A Figure of Speech or a Figure of Thought?1
- 2 The Bugbear of Literacy
- 3 On the Pertinence of Philosophy
- 4 Eastern Wisdom and Western Knowledge
- 5 Beauty and Truth
- 6 The Interpretation of Symbols
- 7 Why Exhibit Works of Art?
- 8 The Christian and Oriental, or True, Philosophy of Art
- 9 Is Art a Superstition, or a Way of Life?
- 10 The Nature of Medieval Art
- 11 Ars sine scientia nihil
- 12 Imitation, Expression, and Participation
- 13 Samvega: āAesthetic Shockā
- 14 What is Civilization?
- 15 The Nature of āFolkloreā and āPopular Artā
- 16 Primitive Mentality
- 17 The Coming to Birth of the Spirit
- 18 Quod factum est in ipso vita erat
- 19 The Hindu Tradition The Myth
- 20 The Hindu Tradition Theology and Autology1
- Glossary of Foreign Terms and Phrases*
- Bibliographical References*
- Biographical Notes
- Index