Baksheesh & Brahman Asian Journals, India - Collected Works of Joseph Campbell
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After ten years of intensive study of Indian art and philosophy, Joseph Campbell, at 50, finally embarked on a journey to India. Searching for the transcendent (Brahman), he found instead stark realities: growing nationalism, religious rivalry, poverty, and a prevalent culture of what he called baksheesh," or alms. This journal chronicles the disillusionment and revelation that would change the course of Campbell's life and study, and his transition from professor to counterculture icon. Balancing Campbell's astute explorations of mythology and history are his often amusing observations of a sometimes frustrating alien culture and his fellow Western travelers. This account also includes personal photographs, specially commissioned maps, and illustrations redrawn from Campbell's own hand.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781577312376 |
Publisher: | New World Library |
Imprint: | New World Library |
Pub date: | 13 Aug 2002 |
Edition: | 1st Edition |
DEWEY: | 915.40442 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Number of pages: | 390 |
Weight: | 662g |
Height: | 216mm |
Width: | 140mm |
Spine width: | 34mm |