The Axial Age and Its Consequences

The Axial Age and Its Consequences
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 561
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ISBN-10 : 9780674067400
ISBN-13 : 0674067401
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Book Synopsis The Axial Age and Its Consequences by : Robert N. Bellah

Download or read book The Axial Age and Its Consequences written by Robert N. Bellah and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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