Selected Papers of Coomaraswamy, Volume 2: Metaphysics

A collection of important essays by a pioneering interpreter of Indian art, philosophy, and mythology

“Brilliant.”—Joseph Campbell, author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877–1947) was a pioneer in the study of Indian art, philosophy, and mythology—and in the cultural meeting of East and West. A scholar in the tradition of the great Indian grammarians and philosophers, an art historian convinced that the ultimate value of art transcends history, and a social thinker...