54. Who was Swami Vivekananda?
Yoga Studies in Five Minutes - Theodora Wildcroft
Gwilym Beckerlegge [+]
The Open University
Gwilym Beckerlegge is Professor Emeritus, Department of Religious Studies at The Open University.
Description
Vivekananda has been credited with contributing to the resurgence of Hindu confidence during the closing years of the 19th century, which fed into the movement for independence. His ideas have been selectively assimilated into counter-cultural and New Age movements in North America and Western Europe, and into yoga during its transformation into a global phenomenon.