Ralph Dumain: "The Autodidact Project": Niranjan Dahr: Vedanta & the Bengal Renaissance: Contents

Vedanta and the Bengal Renaissance

by Niranjan Dahr

CONTENTS
Preface			v
CHAPTER
	I.	Birth of Vedanta and its earlier Historic Role [Challenge from traders and artisans 12 Vedantic Offensive 18]	1

.	II.	British Imperialism at Work: Forces behind the Vedantic Movement	27

	III.	Rammohun	37

	IV.	The Nature of the Brahmo Movement	50

	V.	Brahmo Reforms
		(A) Religious	74
		(B) Social	95

	VI.	The Vedantic Cult of Ramakrishna	114

	VII.	Feudal Background of the Ramakrishna Movement	128

	VIII.	A Prophet under Duress	139

	IX.	Secular English Education and Learning	152

	X.	Triumph of Vedanta	166

APPENDIX			185

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY			190

INDEX			199

SOURCE: Dahr, Niranjan. Vedanta and the Bengal Renaissance. Calcutta: Minerva Associates, 1977.

Note: In the text, chapters IX and X are misnumbered as 10 and 11, respectively. I have used this latter (incorrect) set of numbers.

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