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Gandhi
Copley examines the intellectual and cultural values, and the events, particularly the Second World War, which shaped Gandhi's distinctive political, economic, and social ideas, especially his philosophy of non-violence. He concludes by considering the legacy of Gandhi's thinking both within and beyond India.
A Memoir
This is a memoir of adolescence and the search for identity. The 1950s with the Cold War, National Service and the persecution of gays was an awkward decade in which to discover life’s purposes. If the author’s education pointed to his becoming an academic historian, an early modernist at school, a medievalist as an undergraduate, a modern Europeanist as a graduate, he was drawn to the alternatives of poet, monk and psychotherapist. It was a peculiarly troubling time in which to resolve a crisis of sexuality and accept a gay identity. He had to cope with his parents’ divorce. At Oxford, after falling foul of the law, he spent time as a mental patient. National Service in the Navy, commissioned as a Midshipman, with its exposure to the Cyprus Emergency and Suez, took him into an entirely different world.
Sexual Moralities in France, 1780-1980
Originally published in 1989. This is the first history of modern France to explore the long-term origins of the libertarian revolt. It traces the moral history from the eighteenth century to the 1960s, examining the questions of marriage and divorce, homosexuality, and sexual morality. It includes detailed chapters on the Marquis de Sade, Charles Fourier, André Gide, and Daniel Guérin in order to illustrate the changing legislation, popular thought and public opinion. The result is an enlightening and provocative account which will be of interest to students of modern French history, moral thought and the history of sexual attitudes.
A Spiritual Bloomsbury
A Spiritual Bloomsbury is an exploration of how three English writers--Edward Carpenter, E.M. Forster, and Christopher Isherwood--sought to come to terms with their homosexuality by engagement with Hinduism. Copley reveals how these writers came to terms with their inner conflicts and were led in the direction of Hinduism by friendship or the influence of gurus. Tackling the themes of the guru-disciple relationship, their quarrel with Christianity, relationships with their mothers and the problematic feminine, the tensions between sexuality and society, and the attraction of Hindu mysticism; this fascinating work seeks to reveal whether Hinduism offered the answers and fulfillment these writers ultimately sought. Also included is a diary narrating Copley's quest to track down Carpenter's and Isherwood's Vendantism and Forster's Krishna cult on a journey to India.
Sexual Moralities in France, 1780-1980
Originally published in 1989. This is the first history of modern France to explore the long-term origins of the libertarian revolt. It traces the moral history from the eighteenth century to the 1960s, examining the questions of marriage and divorce, homosexuality, and sexual morality. It includes detailed chapters on the Marquis de Sade, Charles Fourier, André Gide, and Daniel Guérin in order to illustrate the changing legislation, popular thought and public opinion. The result is an enlightening and provocative account which will be of interest to students of modern French history, moral thought and the history of sexual attitudes.
Hinduism in Public and Private
Beginning With The Premise That Any Pursuit Of An Indian Identity In The `Narrow` Terms Of Hinduness Is A Radical Distortion, Hinduism In Public And Private Surveys The Phenomenon Of Religious Reform Movements Within The Larger Paradigm Of Modernization, And In Tandem With The Ideas Of Nationalism And Hindutva. The Essays Analyse The Reasons Behind The Possible Need For A New Kind Of Social Integration Within The Hindu Community In India.
A Fig for Fortune by Anthony Copley
Situates the poem in its political and religious context while offering a full textual analysis.
Gurus and Their Followers
This collection looks at the new religious reform movements that swept India in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. One general essay, on religious leadership, provides a context for others on Brahmo Samaj, the Ramakrishna Mission, the Arya Samaj, the Ahmadiya movement, and the Theosophical Society.
Religions in Conflict
Over The Last Century The Role Of Religion In Indian Society Has Come To Be Seen As Problematic. The Rich Mingling Of Faiths Has Bred Warring Parties. There Is Contemporary Cause To Look Back To The Mid-Nineteeth Century Conflict Among Religions. Three Themes Thread This Text: The Role Of Ideology, The Nature Of Cultural Contact And Conversion.
