Celestial India : Madame Blavatsky and the birth of Indian nationalism

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Celestial India : Madame Blavatsky and the birth of Indian nationalism

Isaac Lubelsky ; translated by Yael Lotan

Equinox Pub., 2012

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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English translation of an unpublished manuscript in Hebrew

Bibliography: p. [323]-339

Includes index

収録内容

  • Following the steps of the Orientalists : the quest for the linguistic origins
  • Friedrich Max Müller : orientalism at the zenith
  • The Theosophical Society : the quest for the spiritual source
  • The theosophical doctrine
  • The sources of the theosophical doctrine
  • Annie Besant : her pre-theosophical career
  • The struggle over the leadership of the Theosophical Society, 1889-1907
  • The struggle for the leadership of the Indian National Movement, 1907-1919
  • Theosophy and the world teacher : the esoteric alternative

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内容説明

In 1917 Annie Besant (1847-1933), a white Englishwoman, was elected president of the Indian National Congress, the body which, under the guidance of Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948), would later lead India to independence. Besant - in her earlier career an active atheist and a socialist journalist - was from 1907 till her death the president of the Theosophical Society, an international spiritual movement whose headquarters' location in Madras symbolized its belief in India as the world's spiritual heart. This book deals with the contribution of the Theosophical Society to the rise of Indian nationalism and seeks to restore it to its proper place in the history of ideas, both with regard to its spiritual doctrine and the sources on which it drew, as well as its role in giving rise to the New Age movement of the 20th century. The book is the first to show how 19th century Orientalist study dramatically affected the rise of the Theosophical ideology, and specifically demonstrate the impact of the work of the Anglo-German scholar, Friedrich Max Muller (1833-1900) on Mme Blavatsky (1831-1891), the founder of the Theosophical Society.

目次

Chapter 1: In the Footsteps of the Orientalists Chapter 2: Friedrich Max Muller Chapter 3: The Theosophical Society Chapter 4: The Theosophical Doctrine Chapter 5: The Sources of the Theosophical Doctrine Chapter 6. Annie Besant - Her Pre-Theosophical Career Chapter 7. The Struggle Over the Leadership of the Theosophical Society Chapter 8. The Struggle for the Leadership of the Indian National Congress Chapter 9. Krishnamurti - Theosophy and the World Teacher Postscript

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