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Swami Vivekananda

His Life, Legacy, and Liberative Ethics

Rita D Sherma editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Lexington Books

Published:11th Jan '21

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With historical-critical analysis and dialogical even-handedness, the essays of this book re-assess the life and legacy of Swami Vivekananda, forged at a time of colonial suppression, from the vantage point of socially-engaged religion at a time of global dislocations and international inequities. Due to the complexity of Vivekananda as a historical figure on the cusp of late modernity with its vast transformations, few works offer a contemporary, multi-vocal, nuanced, academic examination of his liberative vision and legacy in the way that this volume does. It brings together North American, European, British, and Indian scholars associated with a broad array of humanistic disciplines towards critical-constructive, contextually-sensitive reflections on one of the most important thinkers and theologians of the modern era.

ISBN: 9781498586047

Dimensions: 241mm x 162mm x 27mm

Weight: 612g

292 pages