Peter Heehs

Born and educated in the United States, Peter Heehs came to India during the 1970s and settled in Pondicherry, where he works as a research scholar and writer. He is the author or editor of twelve books, including The Bomb in Bengal , The Lives of Sri Aurobindo , Writing the Self: Diaries, Memoirs and the History of the Self and Spirituality without God: A Global History of Thought and Practice . His articles have appeared in journals such as History and Theory , Modern Asian Studies and...See more

Born and educated in the United States, Peter Heehs came to India during the 1970s and settled in Pondicherry, where he works as a research scholar and writer. He is the author or editor of twelve books, including The Bomb in Bengal , The Lives of Sri Aurobindo , Writing the Self: Diaries, Memoirs and the History of the Self and Spirituality without God: A Global History of Thought and Practice . His articles have appeared in journals such as History and Theory , Modern Asian Studies and Postcolonial Studies , and magazines such as History Today and Art India . See less