Europe Reconsidered: Perceptions of the West in Nineteenth Century Bengal

by Tapan Raychaudhuri

Book Overview

The book charts 19th-century Bengal's changing perceptions of and attitudes toward the West as embodied in the lives and ideas of three leading figures--Buhdev Mukhopadhyay, Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, and Swami Vivekananda--providing important insights into an important period in Indian intellectual history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195624416
• ISBN13: 9780195624410
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.3"