The Relevance of the Ideas of Swami Vivekananda on International Relations: India’s Foreign Relations as a Case Study

This book seeks to understand the relevance of Swami Vivekananda in the field of international relations, with special reference to India. Simultaneously, it brings out the connection and contradiction between the concepts of Swami Vivekananda and the ideas of modern age political leaders.

Making an in depth study of the concept of Vedanta, proposed by Swami Vivekananda, it discusses Swamiji’s views on India’s relations with US, Britain, Russia and China. It also describes in detail the importance of religion in relation making between nations, concept of universalism, place for monism, qualified monism and dualism. The ways focused on by Swami Vivekananda to solve the emerging problem faced by India have also been highlighted in the book.