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Съдържание:
  • ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""GENERAL INTRODUCTION""; ""PART ONE: THEORETICAL APPROACHES""; ""Introduction: History, Theory and Interpretation""; ""The Axial Age and its Interpreters: Reopening a Debate""; ""The Meaning of the Axial Age""; ""Palomarâ€?s Questions. The Axial Age Hypothesis, European Modernity and Historical Contingency""; ""Between Tradition and Christianity: The Axial Age in the Perspective of Béla Hamvas""; ""PART TWO: THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND ITS AXIAL PERIPHERIES""; ""Introduction: Archaic Backgrounds and Axial Breakthroughs""
  • ""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""