The Axial Age and Its Consequences / / Robert N. Bellah, Hans Joas.
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Bellah, Robert N., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Axial Age and Its Consequences / Robert N. Bellah, Hans Joas. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012] ©2012 1 online resource (500 p.) : 4 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Axial Age Debate as Religious Discourse -- 2 What Was the Axial Revolution? -- 3 An Evolutionary Approach to Culture -- 4 Embodiment, Transcendence, and Contingency -- 5 The Axial Age in Global History -- 6 The Buddha's Meditative Trance -- 7 The Idea of Transcendence -- 8 Religion, the Axial Age, and Secular Modernity in Bellah's Th eory of Religious Evolution -- 9 Where Do Axial Commitments Reside? -- 10 The Axial Age Theory -- 11 The Axial Conundrum between Transcendental Visions and Vicissitudes of Th eir Institutionalizations -- 12 Axial Religions and the Problem of Violence -- 13 Righ teous Rebels -- 14 Rehistoricizing the Axial Age -- 15 Cultural Memory and the Myth of the Axial Age -- 16 The Axial Invention of Education and Today's Global Knowledge Culture -- 17 The Future of Transcendence -- 18 The Heritage of the Axial Age -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The first classics in human history-the early works of literature, philosophy, and theology to which we have returned throughout the ages-appeared in the middle centuries of the first millennium bce. The canonical texts of the Hebrew scriptures, the philosophical writings of Plato and Aristotle, the Analects of Confucius and the Daodejing, the Bhagavad Gita and the teachings of the Buddha-all of these works came down to us from the compressed period of history that Karl Jaspers memorably named the Axial Age. In The Axial Age and Its Consequences, Robert Bellah and Hans Joas make the bold claim that intellectual sophistication itself was born worldwide during this critical time. Across Eurasia, a new self-reflective attitude toward human existence emerged, and with it an awakening to the concept of transcendence. From Axial Age thinkers we inherited a sense of the world as a place not just to experience but to investigate, envision, and alter through human thought and action. Bellah and Joas have assembled diverse scholars to guide us through this astonishing efflorescence of religious and philosophical creativity. As they explore the varieties of theorizing that arose during the period, they consider how these in turn led to utopian visions that brought with them the possibility of both societal reform and repression. The roots of our continuing discourse on religion, secularization, inequality, education, and the environment all lie in Axial Age developments. Understanding this transitional era, the authors contend, is not just an academic project but a humanistic endeavor. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020) Civilization, Ancient Congresses. Comparative civilization Congresses. Philosophy, Comparative Congresses. Religions Congresses. RELIGION / History. bisacsh Joas, Hans, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012 9783110288995 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE THEOLOGY, JUDAISM, RELIGION 2012 9783110293845 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET THEOLOGIE,RELIGIONSWISS., JUDAISTIK 2012 9783110288957 ZDB-23-DGF Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 print 9780674066496 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674067400 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674067400 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674067400.jpg |
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Bellah, Robert N., Bellah, Robert N., Joas, Hans, The Axial Age and Its Consequences / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Axial Age Debate as Religious Discourse -- 2 What Was the Axial Revolution? -- 3 An Evolutionary Approach to Culture -- 4 Embodiment, Transcendence, and Contingency -- 5 The Axial Age in Global History -- 6 The Buddha's Meditative Trance -- 7 The Idea of Transcendence -- 8 Religion, the Axial Age, and Secular Modernity in Bellah's Th eory of Religious Evolution -- 9 Where Do Axial Commitments Reside? -- 10 The Axial Age Theory -- 11 The Axial Conundrum between Transcendental Visions and Vicissitudes of Th eir Institutionalizations -- 12 Axial Religions and the Problem of Violence -- 13 Righ teous Rebels -- 14 Rehistoricizing the Axial Age -- 15 Cultural Memory and the Myth of the Axial Age -- 16 The Axial Invention of Education and Today's Global Knowledge Culture -- 17 The Future of Transcendence -- 18 The Heritage of the Axial Age -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Axial Age Debate as Religious Discourse -- 2 What Was the Axial Revolution? -- 3 An Evolutionary Approach to Culture -- 4 Embodiment, Transcendence, and Contingency -- 5 The Axial Age in Global History -- 6 The Buddha's Meditative Trance -- 7 The Idea of Transcendence -- 8 Religion, the Axial Age, and Secular Modernity in Bellah's Th eory of Religious Evolution -- 9 Where Do Axial Commitments Reside? -- 10 The Axial Age Theory -- 11 The Axial Conundrum between Transcendental Visions and Vicissitudes of Th eir Institutionalizations -- 12 Axial Religions and the Problem of Violence -- 13 Righ teous Rebels -- 14 Rehistoricizing the Axial Age -- 15 Cultural Memory and the Myth of the Axial Age -- 16 The Axial Invention of Education and Today's Global Knowledge Culture -- 17 The Future of Transcendence -- 18 The Heritage of the Axial Age -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index |
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