The book compares modern Jewish and Hindu thought through discussing selected writers with reference to common issues treated by them, issues which are still relevant today. The writers are Mahatma Gandhi, Max Nordau, A.D. Gordon, Martin Buber, Sri Aurobindo, Rav Kook and Rabindranath Tagore. The is
Studies in Modern Jewish and Hindu Thought
β Scribed by Margaret Chatterjee (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 192
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
The Critique of Civilisation....Pages 1-22
The Redemptive Role of Labour....Pages 23-48
Jewry and βthe Orientβ....Pages 49-71
The Concept of Realisation....Pages 72-98
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Sri Aurobindo: Towards a Comparison....Pages 99-122
The Critique of Nationalism....Pages 123-144
Conclusion....Pages 145-153
Back Matter....Pages 154-181
β¦ Subjects
Philosophy of Religion; Jewish Cultural Studies; Literature, general; Non-Western Philosophy; Hinduism; Judaism
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