Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, The

✍ Scribed by Coomaraswamy, Rama;Sharma, Arvind;Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

• Publisher: World Wisdom
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Cover; About This Book; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Color Illustrations; List of Black-and-White Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; Prologue -- A Fateful Meeting of Minds: A.K. Coomaraswamy and R. Guénon; 1. A Figure of Speech or a Figure of Thought?; 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.;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.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
About This Book
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Color Illustrations
List of Black-and-White Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Foreword
Introduction
Prologue --
A Fateful Meeting of Minds: A.K. Coomaraswamy and R. Guénon
1. A Figure of Speech or a Figure of Thought?
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: "Aesthetic Shock"
14. What is Civilization?
15. The Nature of "Folklore" and "Popular Art"
16. Primitive Mentality
17. The Coming to Birth of the Spirit
18. Quod factum est in ipso vita erat
19. The Hindu Tradition
20. The Hindu Tradition
Glossary of Foreign Terms and Phrases
Bibliographical References
Biographical Notes
Index
Examples of Sacred and Traditional Art.

✦ Subjects

Philosophy and religion;Reference & resource series;Religion--Philosophy;;Religion;Electronic books;Asia -- Religion;Religion -- Philosophy;Asia