Guru to the world : (Record no. 663869)
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| fixed length control field | 01501cam a22002058i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780674291607 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.52 HAR |
| Edition number | 23/eng20220525 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Harris, Ruth, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Guru to the world : |
| Sub Title | the life and legacy of Vivekananda / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Ruth Harris. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London: |
| Name of publisher | The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, |
| Year of publication | 2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 539p. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part One: India -- Earliest Days -- Ramakrishna -- Ramakrishna and Vivekananda -- Vivekananda and His Travels -- Part Two: The West -- The World Parliament -- Women East and West -- Magic, Science, Transcendence -- Green Acre, William James, and Raja-Yoga -- Female Devotees and the Labors of the Guru -- Love in America -- Love in Great Britain -- Part Three: India and the World -- Vivekananda Returns -- The Clinch -- Education, Divine Play, and the Nation -- Femininity, the National Idea, and Politics -- Malign Influences and Harrowing Deaths |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Guru to the World tells the story of Swami Vivekananda, the nineteenth-century Hindu ascetic who introduced the West to yoga and to a tolerant, scientifically minded universalist conception of religion. Ruth Harris explores the many legacies of Vivekananda's thought, including his impact on anticolonial movements and contemporary Hindu nationalism"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Gurus |
| Geographic subdivision | India |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Hindu philosophy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Civilization, Western |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Hindu philosophers |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home Library | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Institute of English | Institute of English | General Stacks | 18/11/2022 | 294.52 HAR | ENG16001 | 18/11/2022 | Book |