Radhakamal Mukerjee
Radhakamal Mukerjee (1889–1968), a leading thinker and social scientist of modern India, was Professor of Economics and Sociology and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lucknow. Mukerjee played an important and constructive role in the Indian independence movement. He was a highly original philosopher of history and a discerning interpreter of culture and civilization.
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[edit] Formative years
Mukerjee was the son of a barrister in Baharampur, West Bengal, a city located some 185 km north of Kolkata. He grew up in a household with a scholarly focus and a library devoted to history, literature, the law and Sanskrit texts. After attending Krishnanagar College, he gained an academic scholarship to Presidency College, under the University of Calcutta. He earned his honours degrees in English and History.[1]
[edit] Literary works
Mukerjee opened the discourse of the Ashtavakra Gita into English with his posthumous work published in 1971.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "5.3 Radhakamal Mukerjee (1889-1968), 5.3.1 Biographical Sketch", in History and Development of Sociology in India II. Central Digital Repository, Indira Gandhi National Open University
- ^ Radhakamal Mukerjee (1971). The song of the self supreme (Aṣṭāvakragītā): the classical text of Ātmādvaita by Aṣṭāvakra. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 8120813677, 9788120813670. Source: [1] (accessed: Friday March 19, 2010)
[edit] References
- Radhakamal Mukerjee, India: The Dawn of a New Era: An Autobiography Radha Publ. (1997) ISBN 8174871144
- Radhakamal Mukerjee at Worldcat
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