From world religions to axial civilizations and beyond

World Religions, Civilizations and the Axial Age / Björn Wittrock -- Ideas and Interests: From Weber's Protestant Ethic to the Later Writings on the Sociology of Religion / Stephen Kalberg -- Karl Jaspers on Paradigmatic Individuals: A Complement to His Concept of the Axial Age and a Subtype of...

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Contributors: Arjomand, Said Amir (Editor) ; Kalberg, Stephen (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Albany State University of New York Press [2021]
In:Year: 2021
Series/Journal:SUNY series, Pangaea II: global/local studies
Further subjects:B Religion and civilization
B Civilization Philosophy
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Aggregator)
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:World Religions, Civilizations and the Axial Age / Björn Wittrock -- Ideas and Interests: From Weber's Protestant Ethic to the Later Writings on the Sociology of Religion / Stephen Kalberg -- Karl Jaspers on Paradigmatic Individuals: A Complement to His Concept of the Axial Age and a Subtype of Weber's Concept of Charisma / Victor Lidz -- Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: Some Forerunners and Followers of Max Weber's Protestant Ethic Thesis in France and Brazil / Roberto Motta -- Images of Natural Order and Rulership by Measure, Weight and Number in the Hellenistic-Roman Era: A Study of Inter-Civilizational Encounters / Donald A. Nielsen -- The Pioneers of Islamicate Civilizational Analysis / Saïd Amïr Arjomand -- More (or Less) than a Civilizational "Formation"? Islam as the "Black Hole" of Comparative Civilizational Analysis / Armando Salvatore -- The Reception of Axial Age Legacies: Christianization and the Byzantinization of Russia / Yulia Prozorova -- The Forgotten Earth: Nature, World Religions, and Worldlessness in the Legacy of the Axial Age/Moral Revolution / Eugene Halton.
"Essays in the field of comparative world religions and corresponding axial civilizations"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1438483392