The Bugbear of Literacy

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the world's great religious traditions. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Bugbear of Literacy</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> was first printed in England in 1949.</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the author's papers entitled The Bugbear of Democracy Freedom and Equality. It can be said that this book together with all the author's later writings constitute some of the most remarkable and enlightening works in the English language on art culture and metaphysics.</span></p>