Darwin, dharma, and the divine: evolutionary theory and religion in modern Japan
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 supe...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Honolulu
University of Hawaiʻi Press
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Theory of evolution
/ Social Darwinism
/ Religion
/ Buddhism
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| Further subjects: | B
Evolution (Biology) (Japan)
History
B Evolution (Biology) Religious aspects B Social Darwinism Japan B Evolution (Biology) History Japan B Social Darwinism (Japan) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | x, 301 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8248-5851-3 |
