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About Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
“Among those who are responsible not only for the Indian Renaissance but for anew Renaissance in the world, Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy holds a preeminentposition. It is my hope that students who are now led away by the passingfashions of our age will turn to his writings for a proper orientation.”—
Sir
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
, former President of India (1962-1967),author of
Te Hindu View of Life
“[Ananda Coomaraswamy is] that noble scholar upon whose shoulders we arestill standing.”—
Heinrich Zimmer
, author of
Te King and the Corpse
and
Philosophies ofIndia
“[Coomaraswamy] is one of the most learned and creative scholars of the cen-tury.”—
Mircea Eliade
, author of
Myth and Reality
and editor-in-chief of
Te
Ency-clopedia of Religion
“Coomaraswamy’s essays [give] us a view of his scholarship and brilliant in-sight.”—
Joseph Campbell
, author of
Te Hero with a Tousand Faces
and
Te Masksof God
“Ananda Coomaraswamy is in many ways to me a model: the model of one whohas thoroughly and completely united in himself the spiritual tradition and at-titudes of the Orient and of the Christian West.”—
Tomas Merton
, author of
Te Seven Storey Mountain
and
New Seeds of Con-templation
“Over sixty years have passed since the death of Ananda Coomaraswamy; yethis writings remain as pertinent today as when he wrote them and his voiceechoes in the ears of present day seekers of truth and lovers of traditional artas it did a generation ago. In contrast to most scholarly works which becomeoutmoded and current philosophical opuses which become stale, Coomaras-wamy’s works possess a timeliness which flows from their being rooted in theeternal present.”—
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
, author of
Te Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Hu-manity
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Wisdom of Ananda Coomaraswamy: Selected Reflections on Indian Art, Life, and Religion Paperback – 15 November 2011
by Coomaraswamy (Author), Singam (Editor), & 2 more
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Part of: Perennial Philosophy (47 books)
Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the most famous scholars of Indian art, culture, and religion. He served for many years as the Keeper of Indian and Islamic Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, establishing one of the most impressive collections of oriental artifacts in the world. This anthology contains thematically arranged excerpts from his many writings, letters, and speeches, making it a uniquely accessible collection of his wisdom and insight. It is richly illustrated with over 140 black-and-white historical photographs and paintings.
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S. Durai Raja Singam was a Malaysian scholar and friend of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. He was the editor of numerous Indian works on or by Coomaraswamy, including Homage to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy: A Memorial Volume (1952). Joseph A. Fitzgerald is an award-winning editor with a particular emphasis on Eastern religions
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Publisher : World Wisdom (15 November 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 180 pages
ISBN-10 : 1935493957
ISBN-13 : 978-1935493952
Dimensions : 15.67 x 1.3 x 23.09 cmCustomer Reviews:
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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
ANANDA K. COOMARASWAMY was born in 1877, of Anglo-Ceylonese parents. After completing studies in Geology he soon became interested in the arts and crafts of his native Ceylon and India. In 1917 he relocated to the USA where he became Keeper of Indian and Islamic Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, establishing a large collection of Oriental artifacts and presenting lectures on their symbolic and metaphysical meaning. An encounter with the seminal writings of perennialist author René Guénon served to confirm and strengthen his view of the Perennial Philosophy. From this period onwards Dr. Coomaraswamy began to compose his mature--and undoubtedly most profound--works, adeptly expounding the philosophia perennis by drawing on his unparalleled knowledge of the arts, crafts, mythologies, cultures, folklores, symbolisms, and religions of the Orient and the Occident. In 1947 his plans to retire to India and take on sannyasa (renunciation of the world) were cut short by his sudden and untimely death. A representative collection of his extensive writings, entitled The Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, was edited by his son Rama P. Coomaraswamy and published by World Wisdom.
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