Vedanta for modern man [Paperback] Aldous Huxley, Rabindra Tagore, Swami Prabhavananda, John van Druten, Hubert Benoit, Christopher Isherwood, Gerald Heard, S. Radhakrishnan and others Alan Watts

Description

1962 First Collier Books Edition. Paperback cover is heavily worn with scuffs, stains, fading, creases, and two small missing corners. Cover is heavily worn around corners/edges. The spine is heavily worn from top to bottom including peeling. Pages are unmarked but have very minor water stains at top. Outside page edges are worn and stained. Binding is secure.

This well-traveled copy of “Vedanta for modern man” is a time capsule from the mid-20th century fascination with Eastern philosophy in the West. Published in 1962, at the height of the counterculture movement, this anthology brings together luminaries like Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, and Alan Watts to explore Vedanta, one of the most influential Hindu philosophies. Despite its worn exterior, the book’s unmarked pages preserve thought-provoking essays that challenged conventional Western thinking and spirituality. A fascinating artifact of the era’s quest for enlightenment beyond materialism, this volume offers collectors and readers a window into the cross-cultural exchange that shaped the 1960s zeitgeist.