VoidPhil

Arthur Koestler's The Lotus and the Robot is an exploration of the religious and cultural identities of India and Japan based on two years of travels he conducted there during the late 1950s. Koestler's look at the two civilizations is very interesting with respect to both his time period and in comparison with modern views. Koestler occupies an interesting location on the artistic continuum between journalism and academia. His works are journalistic in the report style he adopts, yet many of his descriptions are based on historical, psychological, philosophical and theological insights.