Three Axial Ages - Moral, Material, Mental

Informationen zum Autor JOHN TORPEY is a professor of sociology and history at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the Graduate Center. He is the author or coauthor of eight books, including Legal Integration of Islam: A Transatlantic Comparison.   Klappentext How should we think about the "shape” of human history since the birth of cities! and where are we headed? John Torpey proposes that the "Axial Age” of the first millennium BCE! when some of the world's major religious and intellectual developments emerged! was only one of three such decisive periods that can be used to directly affect present social problems! from economic inequality to ecological destruction. Zusammenfassung How can historical developments and discoveries be used to affect future outcomes? Sociologist and historian John Torpey proposes that the “Axial Age,” a period in the first millennium BCE when major religious and intellectual developments emerged, can be used to directly affect present social problems, from economic inequality to ecological destruction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface vii Introduction 1 1. The Moral Axial Age 7 2. The Material Axial Age 33 3. The Mental Axial Age 50 Notes 79 Index 97

Product details

• Authors: John Torpey
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9780813590509
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-9050-9
• No. of pages: 118
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; PHILOSOPHY / Social, HISTORY / Civilization, HISTORY / Historiography, History - General History