03641nam 22006734a 450 991080715510332120200520144314.01-280-91542-0978661091542290-474-0578-11-4294-0819-7(CKB)1000000000405560(EBL)3003982(SSID)ssj0000108239(PQKBManifestationID)11140256(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108239(PQKBWorkID)10036835(PQKB)10961976(MiAaPQ)EBC3003982(Au-PeEL)EBL3003982(CaPaEBR)ebr10175386(CaONFJC)MIL91542(OCoLC)923612340(EXLCZ)99100000000040556020040806d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAxial civilizations and world history /edited by Johann P. Arnason, S.N. Eisenstadt, and Bjorn Wittrock1st ed.Leiden ;Boston Brill20051 online resource (vii, 573 pages)Jerusalem studies in religion and culture,1570-078X ;v. 490-04-13955-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Axial Breakthroughs and Semantic Relocations 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 Political, 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 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""""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 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.Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ;v. 4.Civilization, AncientCongressesSocial changeCongressesHistorical sociologyCongressesCivilization, AncientSocial changeHistorical sociology930.1/6Arnason Johann Pall1940-0Eisenstadt S. N(Shmuel Noah),1923-1752820Wittrock Bjorn382146MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807155103321Axial civilizations and world history4190181UNINA