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This book is a collection of essays critical of certain modern institutions, including modern education, the cost of which is the erosion of tradition oral transmission from generation to generation. Other topics include East and West, reincarnation, democracy, and traditional metaphysics.
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| Author | Ananda K. Coomaraswamy |
|---|---|
| Full Title | The Bugbear of Literacy |
| Binding | Softcover |
| Publisher | Perennial Books |
| Pages | 150 |
| ISBN | 0900588195 |
| Language | English |
| Short Description | Ananda Coomaraswamy takes a critical look at modern education from a traditional perspective. |
| Table of Contents | Introduction by Robert Allerton Parker 1. Am I My Brother's Keeper? 2. The Bugbear of Litteracy 3. Paths that Lead to the Same Summit 4. Eastern Wisdom and Western Knowledge 5. East and West 6. 'Spiritual Paternity' and the 'Puppet Complex' 7. Gradation, Evolution, and Reincarnation 8. The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom and Equality |
| About the Author | The scholarship of A.K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) is legendary. Indeed, he has been called one of the greatest intellectuals ('intellect'-the habit of first principles) of the modern era-and with good reason. The scope and penetration of his studies are beyond compare. Altogether his work is a veritable summa of the world's religions and cultures. But the awesome range and depth of his knowledge were never used for the purpose of anything like a personal philosophy. In expounding in unparalleled fashion the 'normal' and traditional doctrine of life, art, and worship as an expression of the common metaphysical doctrines of the world's sacred traditions, Coomaraswamy handled the diversity of his material as the varying dialects of a single, universal Truth. |
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