Author: Arnason, Johann P., S.N. Eisenstadt & Björn Wittrock. (eds).
Title: Axial civilizations and world history.
Description: Leiden & Boston, Brill, 2005. VII,573 pp. Orig. hardcover (boards). (Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture, Vol. 4). - As new.A collection of essays by social theorists, historical sociologists and area specialists in classical, biblical and Asian studies. The contributions deal with cultural transformations in major civilizational centres during the “Axial Age”, the period from 800 BC. to 200 BC. in which radical cultural changes took place. The name “Axial Age” is a term coined by German philosopher Karl Jaspers his work Vom Ursprung und Ziel der Geschichte because of the innovations in religion and philosophy during that period. In addition to monotheism in the Middle East, Confucianism and Taoism emerged in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, and rationalism in Greece. These changes would form the basis of society to this day.- New price at the publisher: € 222.36

Keywords: Archaeology Philosophy Sociology Archeologie Filosofie Sociologie