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Science, spirituality and the modernization of India [electronic resource] / edited by Makarand Paranjape.

Contributor(s): Series: Anthem South Asian studiesPublication details: London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 271 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9781843317760 (electronic bk.)
  • 1843317761 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Science, spirituality and the modernization of India.DDC classification:
  • 215.0954 22
LOC classification:
  • BL241 .S35 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Science, spirituality and modernity in India -- Spiritual pilgrimage: Indian and Western perspectives; spirituality, logic and science -- Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan and the modernization of South Asian Muslims -- Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose: looking beyond the idiom -- Sri Aurobindo and Krishnachandra Bhattacharya on science and spirituality -- Chaos, complexity and emergence mechanisms: spiritual evolution in Sri Aurobindo and Teilhard de Chardin -- Science, spirituality and swaraj: towards a new aesthetics of ethical existence -- The concept of the Yuga: modern scientific approaches to bridge spiritual and philosophical concepts -- Sri Aurobindo's concept of evolution of consciousness: exploration through the paradigm of health and disease -- The blending of science and spirituality in the Ayurvedic tradition of healing -- Micro-sensing by Indian mystics -- The big picture for the science of consciousness -- Faith outside the lab -- The calling of practical spirituality -- Spiritual hysteria: a gendered perspective.
Summary: Papers presented at the International Conference on Science and Spirituality in Modern India, held at New Delhi during 5-7 February 2006.
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Papers presented at the International Conference on Science and Spirituality in Modern India, held at New Delhi during 5-7 February 2006.

Science, spirituality and modernity in India -- Spiritual pilgrimage: Indian and Western perspectives; spirituality, logic and science -- Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan and the modernization of South Asian Muslims -- Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose: looking beyond the idiom -- Sri Aurobindo and Krishnachandra Bhattacharya on science and spirituality -- Chaos, complexity and emergence mechanisms: spiritual evolution in Sri Aurobindo and Teilhard de Chardin -- Science, spirituality and swaraj: towards a new aesthetics of ethical existence -- The concept of the Yuga: modern scientific approaches to bridge spiritual and philosophical concepts -- Sri Aurobindo's concept of evolution of consciousness: exploration through the paradigm of health and disease -- The blending of science and spirituality in the Ayurvedic tradition of healing -- Micro-sensing by Indian mystics -- The big picture for the science of consciousness -- Faith outside the lab -- The calling of practical spirituality -- Spiritual hysteria: a gendered perspective.

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