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Situating Sri Aurobindo: A Reader
Contributor(s): Heehs, Peter (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0198092121     ISBN-13: 9780198092124
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $61.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: November 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Political
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern
- Literary Criticism | Asian - Indic
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (1.10 lbs) 376 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Indian
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
Sri Aurobindo, a revolutionary and political leader, was also known to many as a yogi and spiritual guru, an outstanding poet, literary critic, political and social theorist, philosopher, and spiritual thinker. Divided into four thematic sections--Poetry and Criticism, Political and Social
Thought, Philosophical Thought, and Spiritual Thought--this volume corresponds roughly to the four main phases of his adult life. The essays written by prominent scholars across disciplines, use biographical and historical contextualization; cultural, social and political analysis; and critical
evaluation to illuminate Aurobindo's works and contribution. Convinced that his writings are of more than historical interest, they show how men and women of the twenty-first century can use them to increase their understanding of contemporary literature, social science, philosophy and spirituality,
and also, perhaps, to write better poems, design better societies, find better answers to the great questions of life, and pursue their spiritual goals in a more fulfilling way. This book looks beyond Aurobindo's textual sources to his vision of the future.

This book will interest scholars and students of Indian philosophy, religion, history, literature as well as those interested in prominent Indian thinkers of the twentieth century.
 
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