Darwin, dharma, and the divine : evolutionary theory and religion in modern Japan /

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'Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine' demonstrates that evolutionary theory was never passively accepted, but played active and controversial roles in modern Japanese thought.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Godart, G. Clinton (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Subjects:
Evolution (Biology) > Religious aspects.
Evolution (Biology) > Japan > History.
Social Darwinism > Japan.
Darwinisme social > Japon.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Evolution (Biology)
Evolution (Biology) > Religious aspects
Social Darwinism
Sozialdarwinismus
Evolutionstheorie
Buddhismus
Japan
Buddhism.
Science.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The religious transmission of evolutionary theory in Meiji-era Japan
  • Evolution, individuals, and the kokutai
  • The dharma after Darwin : Meiji Buddhism and the embrace of evolution
  • The promise of utopia : socialist Darwinism and evolutionary utopianism
  • "Evolutionary theory is the superstition of modernity"
  • Kannon's enduring embrace.

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