The Axial Age and Its Consequences
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Marriage & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, History, Anthropology
| Author: | Robert N. Bellah, Hans Joas | ISBN: | 9780674070448 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | October 31, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert N. Bellah, Hans Joas |
| ISBN: | 9780674070448 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | October 31, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
This book makes the bold claim that intellectual sophistication was born worldwide during the middle centuries of the first millennium bce. From Axial Age thinkers we inherited a sense of the world as a place not just to experience but to investigate, envision, and alter. A variety of utopian visions emerged and led to both reform and repression.
This book makes the bold claim that intellectual sophistication was born worldwide during the middle centuries of the first millennium bce. From Axial Age thinkers we inherited a sense of the world as a place not just to experience but to investigate, envision, and alter. A variety of utopian visions emerged and led to both reform and repression.
