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The Origins and diversity of axial age civilizations
S. N. Eisenstadt
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Frontmatter
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Contributors (page ix)
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Preface (page xi)
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Introduction: The Axial Age Breakthroughs—Their Characteristics and Origins (S. N. Eisenstadt, page 1)
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Part I The Origins of the Axial Age in Ancient Greece
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Introduction: The Axial Age Breakthrough in Ancient Greece (S. N. Eisenstadt, page 29)
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1. The Emergence of Second-order Thinking in Classical Greece (Yehuda Elkana, page 40)
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2. The Emergence of an Autonomous Intelligence among the Greeks (Christian Meier, page 65)
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3. Dynamics of the Greek Breakthrough: The Dialogue between Philosophy and Religion (S. C. Humphreys, page 92)
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4. The Meaning of the Word σωμα (Body) in the Axial Age: An Interpretation of Plato's Cratylus 400C (R. Ferwerda, page 111)
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Part II The Origins of the Axial Age in Ancient Israel—with a Comparative Look at Assyria
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Introduction: The Axial Age Breakthrough in Ancient Israel (S. N. Eisenstadt, page 127)
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5. Myth and Reality in Ancient Israel (Benjamin Uffenheimer, page 135)
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6. The Protest against Imperialism in Ancient Israelite Prophecy (Moshe Weinfeld, page 169)
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7. On Self-Consciousness in Mesopotamia (Peter Machinist, page 183)
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8. Monarchy and the Elite in Assyria and Babylonia: The Question of Royal Accountability (Hayim Tadmor, page 203)
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Part III The Secondary Breakthroughs in Late Antiquity—Second Temple Judaism and Christianity
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Introduction: The Secondary Breakthrough in Ancient Israelite Civilization—The Second Commonwealth and Christianity (S. N. Eisenstadt, page 227)
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9. Eschatology, Remythologization, and Cosmic Aporia (Michael E. Stone, page 241)
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10. Old Wine and New Bottles: On Patristic Soteriology and Rabbinic Judaism (Gedaliahu G. Stroumsa, page 252)
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11. The Role of Christianity in the Depolitization of the Roman Empire (Hans G. Kippenberg, page 261)
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12. Architects of Competing Transcendental Visions in Late Antiquity (G. W. Bowersock, page 280)
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Part IV The Origins of the Axial Age in China and India
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Introduction: The Axial Age Breakthrough in China and India (S. N. Eisenstadt, page 291)
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13. Historical Conditions of the Emergence and Crystallization of the Confucian System (Cho-Yun Hsu, page 306)
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14. Was There a Transcendental Breakthrough in China? (Mark Elvin, page 325)
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15. The Structure and Function of the Confucian Intellectual in Ancient China (Tu Wei-Ming, page 360)
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16. The Historical Background of India's Axial Age (Hermann Kulke, page 374)
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17. Ritual, Revelation, and Axial Age (J. C. Heesterman, page 393)
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18. Aśvatthāman and Bṛhannaḍā: Brahmin and Kingly Paradigms in the Sanskrit Epic (David Shulman, page 407)
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19. Some Observations on the Place of Intellectuals in Max Weber's Sociology, with Special Reference to Hinduism (Edward Shils, page 427)
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20. The Reflexive and Institutional Achievements of Early Buddhism (Stanley J. Tambiah, page 453)
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Part V Islam
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Introductory Remarks: Islam (S. N. Eisenstadt, page 475)
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21. The Emergence of Islamic Civilisation (Michael Cook, page 476)
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Notes (page 485)
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Published: c1986
Publisher: State University of New York Press
- 9780887060960 (paper)
- 9781438401942 (ebook)
- 9780887060946 (hardcover)