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A Defence of Indian Culture (The Foundations of Indian Culture)

Sri Aurobindo hacia 1900
bySri Aurobindo

A passionate and reasoned defence of Indian civilisation—religion, art, literature, polity—against Archer’s disparaging judgement, and at the same time a critique of its decadence. It holds that the principle of Indian culture is the quest for the spirit and that its future depends on rediscovering it without closing itself to the world.

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Editions and translations · 4

English

Authorship note

Series published in Arya between 1918 and 1921 in reply to William Archer’s India and the Future; issued as a book under the title The Foundations of Indian Culture (New York, 1953). CWSA 20 restores the original title.

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English

Other works by Sri Aurobindo

Sources

  • Sri Aurobindo. Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo (CWSA). 37 vols. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department, 1997–2025. Sustituye a la Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library (SABCL, 30 vols., 1972).

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