October 2024
Swami Vivekananda's revisionary ambitions: Consequences of the incorporation of orientalist discourses or the influence of western colonial discourses
It is asserted that Vivekananda, regarded by many Americans and British as both a spiritual and intellectual equal, utilized his physical attributes and rhetorical prowess to reframe the Indian subcontinent's subservient relationship with the West. However, Vivekananda participated in the very lectures he attempted to disprove. As a culturally diverse and intellectually composite figure, Vivekananda exemplifies the...
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