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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Auteur principal: Godart, G. Clinton (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi Press [2017]
Dans:Année: 2017
Collection/Revue:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Japan / Théorie de l'évolution / Darwinisme social / Religion / Buddhisme
Sujets non-standardisés: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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Édition parallèle:Électronique
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Résumé: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
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0824858514