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Hindu perspectives on evolution : Darwin, dharma, and design / C. Mackenzie Brown.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2015Copyright date: ©2012Description: xii, 276 sidor : illustrationer ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138119369
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.5 23/swe
Contents:
Design and Darwin in the Hindu dharma traditions -- Creationism and evolutionism in the ancient and classical traditions -- Manifestation and apparent design in the Advaita Vedanta of Sankara -- Theism and atomistic design in the Nyaya-Vaisesika of Udayana -- Design discounted in the Visistadvaita Vedanta of Ramanuja -- Design and Darwin in the colonial period -- The Vedantic deism of Rammohan Roy -- Design and the intuitive theism of Debendranath Tagore -- Design and the religious evolutionism of Keshab Chandra Sen -- The modern Vedic creationism of Dayananda Saraswati -- The modern Advaitic evolutionism of Swami Vivekananda -- The integrative evolutionism of Sri Aurobindo Ghose -- Design and Darwin in the post-colonial period -- Design and Darwin in the contemporary Hindu world -- Conclusion : what role for Brahma?
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Innehåller bibliografiska referenser (pages 256-268) samt index.

Design and Darwin in the Hindu dharma traditions -- Creationism and evolutionism in the ancient and classical traditions -- Manifestation and apparent design in the Advaita Vedanta of Sankara -- Theism and atomistic design in the Nyaya-Vaisesika of Udayana -- Design discounted in the Visistadvaita Vedanta of Ramanuja -- Design and Darwin in the colonial period -- The Vedantic deism of Rammohan Roy -- Design and the intuitive theism of Debendranath Tagore -- Design and the religious evolutionism of Keshab Chandra Sen -- The modern Vedic creationism of Dayananda Saraswati -- The modern Advaitic evolutionism of Swami Vivekananda -- The integrative evolutionism of Sri Aurobindo Ghose -- Design and Darwin in the post-colonial period -- Design and Darwin in the contemporary Hindu world -- Conclusion : what role for Brahma?