Axial civilizations and world history [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Johann P. Arnason, S.N. Eisenstadt, and Björn Wittrock

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450794203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-91542-0; 9786610915422; 90-474-0578-1; 1-4294-0819-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (586 p.)
• Collana: Jerusalem studies in religion and culture, , 1570-078X ; ; v. 4
• Altri autori (Persone): ÁrnasonJóhann Páll <1940->; EisenstadtS. N <1923-> (Shmuel Noah); WittrockBjörn
• Disciplina: 930.1/6
• Soggetti: Civilization, Ancient; Social change; Historical sociology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Axial “Breakthroughsâ€? and Semantic “Relocationsâ€? in Ancient Egypt and Israel""""Mesopotamian 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 Politicalâ€?, and Political Thought: New Departures in Ancient Greece, c. 800-500 BCE""; ""PART THREE: LATE ANTIQUITY AND BEYOND""; ""Introduction: Late Antiquity as a Sequel and Counterpoint to the Axial Age""""Cultural Memory in Early Christianity: Clement of Alexandria and the History of Religions""; ""“The Religion of Lightâ€?: 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 Ageâ€?The Case of Chinese Culture""; ""The Axial Millennium in China: A Brief Survey""; ""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""