Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine: Evolutionary Theory and Religion in Modern Japan 9780824858674

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE. The Religious Transmission of Evolutionary Theory in Meiji-Era Japan
CHAPTER TWO. Evolution, Individuals, and the Kokutai
CHAPTER THREE. The Dharma after Darwin
CHAPTER FOUR.The Promise of Utopia
CHAPTER FIVE. “Evolutionary Theory Is the Superstition of Modernity”
CHAPTER SIX. Kannon’s Enduring Embrace
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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