The Axial Age and Its Consequences
How are we to understand the Axial Age, that pivotal historical period that began some two thousand years ago and from which many of the world's religions have arisen? So labeled by German philosopher Karl Jaspers in the twentieth century, the Axial Age gave birth to the idea that life is a jou...
| Summary: | How are we to understand the Axial Age, that pivotal historical period that began some two thousand years ago and from which many of the world's religions have arisen? So labeled by German philosopher Karl Jaspers in the twentieth century, the Axial Age gave birth to the idea that life is a journey toward some “other” realm. It also launched the foundational philosophical thinking that we now associate with the Athenian era of Socrates and Plato., The Axial Age and its potential renewal are investigated and explored in this important set of essays centered around the work of the late Robert N. Bellah, Elliott Professor of Sociology (Emeritus) at the University of California, Berkeley. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csu025 |