The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520244400
ISBN-13
9780520244405
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30871978

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
384 Pages
Publication Name
Lost Land of Lemuria : Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories
Language
English
Subject
Ancient Mysteries & Controversial Knowledge, Ancient / General, Earth Sciences / Geography, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Asia / General
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Family & Relationships, Body, Mind & Spirit, Science, History
Author
Sumathi Ramaswamy
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2003-022825
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Ramaswamy's work is intellectually sophisticated, elegant, and rich. . . . A remarkable work and a major contribution to intellectual and cultural history.
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The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
001.94
Synopsis
During the nineteenth century, Lemuria was imagined as a land that once bridged India and Africa but disappeared into the ocean millennia ago, much like Atlantis. A sustained meditation on a lost place from a lost time, this elegantly written book is the first to explore Lemuria's incarnations across cultures, from Victorian-era science to Euro-American occultism to colonial and postcolonial India. The Lost Land of Lemuria widens into a provocative exploration of the poetics and politics of loss to consider how this sentiment manifests itself in a fascination with vanished homelands, hidden civilizations, and forgotten peoples. More than a consideration of nostalgia, it shows how ideas once entertained but later discarded in the metropole can travel to the periphery-and can be appropriated by those seeking to construct a meaningful world within the disenchantment of modernity. Sumathi Ramaswamy ultimately reveals how loss itself has become a condition of modernity, compelling us to rethink the politics of imagination and creativity in our day., During the nineteenth century, Lemuria was imagined as a land that once bridged India and Africa but disappeared into the ocean millennia ago, much like Atlantis. A sustained meditation on a lost place from a lost time, this elegantly written book is the first to explore Lemuria's incarnations across cultures, from Victorian-era science to Euro-American occultism to colonial and postcolonial India. The Lost Land of Lemuria widens into a provocative exploration of the poetics and politics of loss to consider how this sentiment manifests itself in a fascination with vanished homelands, hidden civilizations, and forgotten peoples. More than a consideration of nostalgia, it shows how ideas once entertained but later discarded in the metropole can travel to the periphery--and can be appropriated by those seeking to construct a meaningful world within the disenchantment of modernity. Sumathi Ramaswamy ultimately reveals how loss itself has become a condition of modernity, compelling us to rethink the politics of imagination and creativity in our day.
LC Classification Number
2003022825

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