RT Book
T1 Axial civilizations and world history
T2 Jerusalem studies in religion and culture 1570-078X
T2 Jerusalem studies in religion and culture
A2 Jóhann Páll Árnason 1940-
A2 Aizenshṭadṭ, Shemuʾel Noaḥ 1923-2010
A2 Wittrock, Björn 1945-
LA English
PP Leiden Boston
PB Brill
YR 2005
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/802389384
AB 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 middle centuries of the last millennium BCE, and their long-term consequences
AB Axial “Breakthroughs� and Semantic “Relocations� in Ancient Egypt and IsraelMesopotamian Vistas on Axial Transformations -- Zoroastrian Origins: Indian and Iranian Connections -- Axial Transformations within Ancient Israelite Priesthood -- The Jewish Historical Experience: Heterodox Tendencies and Political Dynamics in a De-territorialized Axial Civilization -- Polis, “the Political�, and Political Thought: New Departures in Ancient Greece, c. 800-500 BCE -- PART THREE: LATE ANTIQUITY AND BEYOND
AB Annotation
AB CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: THEORETICAL APPROACHES -- Introduction: History, Theory and Interpretation -- The Axial Age and its Interpreters: Reopening a Debate -- The Meaning of the Axial Age -- Palomar�s Questions. The Axial Age Hypothesis, European Modernity and Historical Contingency -- Between Tradition and Christianity: The Axial Age in the Perspective of Béla Hamvas -- PART TWO: THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND ITS AXIAL PERIPHERIES -- Introduction: Archaic Backgrounds and Axial Breakthroughs
AB Introduction: Late Antiquity as a Sequel and Counterpoint to the Axial AgeCultural Memory in Early Christianity: Clement of Alexandria and the History of Religions -- “The Religion of Light�: On Mani and Manichaeism -- Arabia and The Heritage of the Axial Age -- PART FOUR: INDIAN AND CHINESE PERSPECTIVES -- Introduction: Extending the Axial Model to South and East Asia -- Axial Grammar -- Axialism and Empire -- Rethinking the Axial Age�The Case of Chinese Culture -- The Axial Millennium in China: A Brief Survey
AB The Ming-Qing Transition: Seventeenth-Century Crisis or Axial Breakthrough?PART FIVE: CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS -- Axial Civilizations and the Axial Age Reconsidered -- List of contributors -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
NO Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
CN CB311
SN 9004139559
SN 9789004139558
SN 1429408197
SN 9781429408196
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