Selected Papers of Coomaraswamy, Volume 1
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- ISBN 9780691277493
- Weight: 1043g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 17 Feb 2026
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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A collection of important essays by a pioneering interpreter of Indian art, philosophy, and mythology
“Brilliant.”—Joseph Campbell, author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces
“Varied, imaginative, incredibly learned. . . . Fascinating.”—John Kenneth Galbraith, New York Times Book Review
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877–1947) was a pioneer in the study of Indian art, philosophy, and mythology—and in the cultural meeting of East and West. A scholar in the tradition of the great Indian grammarians and philosophers, an art historian convinced that the ultimate value of art transcends history, and a social thinker influenced by William Morris, Coomaraswamy was a unique figure whose works provide virtually a complete education in themselves. Finding a universal tradition in past cultures ranging from the Hellenic and Christian to the Indian, Islamic, and Chinese, he presented his ideas in numerous essays. This volume includes a selection of his essays on art and symbolism that were written in the 1930s and 1940s, when he was at the height of his powers.
