The aesthetic way of becoming
The personal mission of Ananda Coomaraswamy was probably to incline West towards Indian art and aesthetics. This book represents a first step and milestone in such a challange.
The recurring inspiration of the fourteen essays is Shiva as the Nata-raja, the dancing (narta) king (raja) who alternates the gentleness of creation and the violence of caducity.
The dance of Siva symbolizes the all-pervading and un-stoppable changing author uses to talk about art, philosophy, music, politics and so on.
