This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the various aspects of Sri Aurobindo's work as a poet, literary critic, political leader, social reformer, philosopher, and spiritual thinker. Bringing together essays by scholars across disciplines, it situates and evaluates his work and contribution within a larger framework.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; SECTION I: POETRY AND CRITICISM; EDITORIAL NOTE ; 1. SRI AUROBINDO AS A POET: A REASSESSMENT BY K.D. VERMA ; 2. THE EVERLASTING YES: SAVITRI THE EPIC OF AFFIRMATION BY RICHARD HARTZ ; 3. THE FUTURE POETRY BY KATHLEEN RAINE ; 4. POETIC INFLUENCES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUROBINDO'S SPIRITUAL AND NATIONALISTIC CONVICTIONS BY EDWARD T. ULRICH ; SECTION II: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THOUGHT; EDITORIAL NOTE ; 5. THE TRANSFIGURATION OF DUTY IN AUROBINDO'S ESSAYS ON THE GITA BY ANDREW SARTORI ; 6. THE SPIRIT AND FORM OF AN ETHICAL POLITY: A MEDITATION ON AUROBINDO'S THOUGHT BY SUGATA BOSE ; 7. RETRIEVING 'OTHER' VISIONS OF THE FUTURE: SRI AUROBINDO AND THE IDEAL OF HUMAN UNITY BY B.S. CHIMNI ; 8. SRI AUROBINDO ON THE IDEAL SOCIAL ORDER BY J.N. MOHANTY ; SECTION III: PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT; EDITORIAL NOTE ; 9. THE PHILOSOPHY AND YOGA OF SRI AUROBINDO BY HARIDAS CHAUDHURI ; 10. SRI AUROBINDO AND HEGEL ON THE INVOLUTION-EVOLUTION OF ABSOLUTE SPIRIT BY STEVE ODIN ; 11. BRINGING BRAHMAN DOWN TO EARTH BY NALINI BHUSHAN AND JAY L. GARFIELD ; 12. ETHICAL SKEPTICISM IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SRI AUROBINDO BY STEPHEN PHILLIPS ; SECTION IV: SPIRITUAL THOUGHT; EDITORIAL NOTE ; 13. COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL ELABORATIONS OF AVATARIC EVOLUTIONISM BY C. MACKENZIE BROW ; 14. TANTRA AND ??KTISM IN THE SPIRITUALITY OF AUROBINDO GHOSE BY MICHAEL STOEBER ; 15. THE EXPERIENTIAL BASIS OF SRI AUROBINDO'S INTEGRAL YOGA BY ROBERT MCDERMOTT ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS