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The Dance of Shiva
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy · Hinduism · 1918 CE
14 chapters
Fourteen essays by the pioneering Traditionalist on Indian art, aesthetics, and philosophy — including the title essay on Nataraja's cosmic dance, and essays critiquing Western modernity from the standpoint of an older metaphysics.
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Contents
- 1What Has India Contributed to Human Welfare?
- 2Hindu View of Art: Historical
- 3Hindu View of Art: Theory of Beauty
- 4That Beauty is a State
- 5Buddhist Primitives
- 6The Dance of Siva
- 7Indian Images with Many Arms
- 8Indian Music
- 9Status of Indian Women
- 10Sahaja
- 11Intellectual Fraternity
- 12A Cosmopolitan View of Nietzsche
- 13Young India
- 14Individuality, Autonomy and Function
