Cosmic Love And Human Apathy : Swami Vivekananda's Restatement OfReligion

The truth is rarely simple. The common consensus is that Swami Vivekananda as Sri Ramakrishna's chosen disciple spread his master's message across the world. The fact though is that after Ramakrishna's death in 1886 Vivekananda not only shifted the devotional emphasis of the new monastic order from Kali to Shiva he also embraced a world far removed from Ramakrishna's. Cosmic Love and Human Apathy is the story of this rupture. Integral to the tale is the issue of Hindu identity. The essays in this volume examine Vivekananda's formulation of Hinduism as religion: the most definitive restatement of Hinduism in modern history. Erudite yet accessible consistently probing and sceptical of hoary traditions controversial and thought-provoking Cosmic Love and Human Apathy is an invaluable addition to the existing scholarship on one of India's greatest religious and social icons.