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100 1 $aFriedrich, Paul,$d1927-
245 14 $aThe Gita within Walden /$cPaul Friedrich.
260 $aAlbany, NY :$bSUNY Press,$cc2008.
300 $ax, 164 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 149-158) and index.
505 0 $aGod -- Historical retrospect -- The case for shared absolutes -- Life symbols that essentialize -- Social and ethical absolutes -- Purity -- Reality and being -- Three ways to God -- The Gita within Walden expanded: a poetics for activism.
520 1 $a"This book explores and interprets the myriad connections between two spiritual classics, Henry David Thoreau's Walden and the Bhagavad-Gita. Evidence shows that Thoreau took the Gita with him when he moved to Walden Pond, and the books have much in common, touching on ultimate ethical and metaphysical questions. Paul Friedrich looks at how each work speaks to fundamental problems of good and evil, self and cosmos, duty and passion, reality and illusion, political engagement and philosophical meditation, sensuous wildness and ascetic devotion. His examination moves through several stages, from an analysis of key symbols, such as the upside-down tree, to an exposition of social, ethical, and metaphysical values, to a consideration of the many sources of these syncretic works."--BOOK JACKET.
630 00 $aBhagavadgītā.
600 10 $aThoreau, Henry David,$d1817-1862.$tWalden.
650 0 $aPhilosophy in literature.
650 0 $aSpirituality in literature.
655 0 $aElectronic books
776 08 $iOnline version:$aFriedrich, Paul, 1927-$tGita within Walden.$dAlbany, NY : SUNY Press, c2008$w(OCoLC)609006454
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