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 Vedan̄ta -- A Buddhist Dialectic of Reconstruction -- Conclusions -- 3. Prometheus East-Greek and Hindu Titans -- Introduction -- Asura Titanism -- Human Titans in the Puranas -- Titans and Olympians -- Conclusions -- 4. Jaina Superhumanism and Gnostic Titanism -- Introduction -- Jaina Colossi and the Cosmic Man -- The Status of the Jaina Gods -- Man Is God and Homo Mensura -- Omniscience: Mahavira and the Buddha -- Aneka ntavada and Gnostic Titanism -- Panzooism, Mind-Body, and Process Philosophy -- Conclusions -- 5. HinduTitanism -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.