03905nam 22006855 450 991050847970332120230810173432.09783030810030303081003810.1007/978-3-030-81003-0(CKB)5470000001298823(MiAaPQ)EBC6796427(Au-PeEL)EBL6796427(OCoLC)1285170698(DE-He213)978-3-030-81003-0(EXLCZ)99547000000129882320211030d2021 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSpiritual Empires in Europe and India Cosmopolitan Religious Movements from 1875 to the Interwar Era /by Perry Myers1st ed. 2021.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2021.1 online resource (344 pages)9783030810023 303081002X Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Cosmopolitan Spirituality: Rectifying Materialism -- Chapter 3: The Progress Of Evolution And Spiritual Science -- Chapter 4: Re-Articulating History And Universal Visions -- Chapter 5: Spiritual Elites: Setting The Stage Of Social And Political Conviction -- Chapter 6: Merit-Based Karma And Social Engineering In Germany And France -- Chapter 7: England's And India's Spiritual Empire: Merit-Based Karma And Social Engineering -- Chapter 8: Cosmopolitan Spirituality: National Merit In Germany And France -- Chapter 9: A New And Improved Empire: British Spiritual Imperialism And Indian National Renewal -- Chapter 10: Epilogue.This book provides a comparative analysis of cosmopolitan (esoteric) religious movements, such as Theosophy, Groupe Independent des Études Ésotériques, Anthroposophy, and Monism, in England, France, Germany, and India during the late nineteenth-century to the interwar years. Despite their diversity, these factions manifested a set of common features-anti-materialism, embrace of Darwinian evolution, and a belief in universal spirituality-that coalesced in a transnational field of analogous cosmopolitan spiritual affinities. Yet, in each of their geopolitical locations these groups developed vastly different interpretations and applications of their common spiritual tenets. This book explores how such religious innovation intersected with the social (labor and economic renewal), cultural (education and religious innovation) and political (Empire and anti-colonial) dynamics in these vastly different national domains. Ultimately, it illustrates how an innovative religious discourse converged with the secular world and became applied to envision a new social order-to spiritually re-engineer the world. Perry Myers is Professor of German Studies at Albion College in Michigan, USA. .World historyReligionHistoryHistoryEuropeHistory1492-AsiaHistoryWorld History, Global and Transnational HistoryHistory of ReligionHistoryHistory of Modern EuropeHistory of South AsiaWorld history.ReligionHistory.History.EuropeHistory1492-.AsiaHistory.World History, Global and Transnational History.History of Religion.History.History of Modern Europe.History of South Asia.200.90511200.9034Myers Perry1956-1251761MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910508479703321Spiritual empires in Europe and India2901588UNINA