Axial Civilizations and World History

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Johann P. Arnason, Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, Björn Wittrock
BRILL, 01‏/09‏/2004 - 573 من الصفحات
The overarching theme of the book is the historical meaning of the Axial Age, commonly defined as a period of several centuries around the middle of the last millennium BCE, and its cultural innovations. The civilizational patterns that grew out of this exceptionally creative phase are a particularly rewarding theme for comparative analysis.
The book contains essays on cultural transformations in Ancient Greece, Ancient Israel, Iran, India and China, as well as background developments in the core civilizations of the Ancient Near East. An introductory section deals with the history of the debate on the AxialAge, the theoretical questions that have emerged from it, and the present state of the discussion.
The book will be useful for comparative historians of cultures and religions, as well as for historical sociologists interested in the comparative analysis of civilizations. It should also help linking the fields of classical, biblical and Asian studies to broader interdisciplinary debates within the humanities sciences.

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General Introduction
1
PART ONE THEORETICAL APPROACHES
13
PART TWO THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND ITS AXIAL PERIPHERIES
123
PART THREE LATE ANTIQUITY AND BEYOND
285
PART FOUR INDIAN AND CHINESE PERSPECTIVES
359
PART FIVE CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS
529
List of contributors
565
Index
569
JERUSALEM STUDIES IN RELIGION AND CULTURE
575
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