Spiritual Titanism : Indian, Chinese, and Western perspectives

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SPIRITUAL TITANISM: Indian, Chinese, and Western Perspectives

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Introduction

The Titans: Superhuman and Superdivine

Uttaravada versus Avataravada

Summaries of the Chapters

Nietzsche's Übermensch Not a Titan

1. Titanismin the West

Introduction

Humanism and Superhumanism

Existentialism and Titanism

Christian Titanism and the Incarnation

Western Answers to Titanism

2. The Self and Constructive Postmodernism

Introduction

Premodernism, Modernism, and Postmodernism

Hebraic and Buddhist Skandhas. Problems with Indian Dualisms

A Critique of Advaita Veda. Introduction

Types of Indian Titanism

Yoga Titanism

The Purusa Hymn and Its Legacy

The Purusa as Cosmic Yogi

Monism, Ecology, and Titanism

6. The Yogiand the Goddess

Prologue: The Dancing Goddess

Introduction

The Material Principle: East and West

The Goddess in Indian Philosophy

Puranic Expressions of the Goddess

Kurtz's Psychoanalytic Interpretation

Does the Goddess Speak with a Woman's Voice?

Conclusions

Epilogue: The Triumph of the Goddess

7. Neo-Vedanta and Aurobindo's Superman

Introduction

Ramakrishna: Kali's Child. Vivekananda's "Manly" Neo-Vedanta

Supermind, Superman, and Supernature

Conclusions

8. Buddhism, Humanism, and Titanism

Introduction

Buddhist Humanism

The Buddha Is just the Buddha

The Buddha as Mahapurisa

The Cosmological Buddha of Mahayana

The Siddhas: Buddha's Lions

Zen, the Body, and Society

Conclusions

9. On the Deification of Confucius

Introduction

The History of Confucius' Elevation

Is the Sage God?

The Sage as a Great Person

10. Xunzi and Neoconfucianism

Introduction

Xunzi, Tian, and the Cosmic Triad. Is Xunzi a Technological Titan?

Machle: Xunzi not a Titan

Neo-Confucianism and Titanism

Self, Body, and Society

11. Laozi, Zhuangzi, and Nietzsche

Introduction

Purus.a and Panku

Immortality and the Immortals

Zhuangzi and Postmodernism

Zhuangzi and the Perfect Person

Zhuangzi and Nietzsche

The Triumph of the Confucian Sage

Notes

SelectedBibliography

Index

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