The Universal Gita: Western Images of the Bhagavad Gita a Bicentenary Survey
Book Details
Author(s)
Eric J. Sharpe
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Company
ISBN / ASIN
0812691296
ISBN-13
9780812691290
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Description
The Bhagavad Gita influenced Western writers like Southey, Emerson and Thoreau and as a result of these interpretations, became popularized in India. This book analyzes this Westernized Hinduism and examines such groups as the Hare Krishna movement and German National Socialists.
