Axial Age and Its Consequences

by Hans Joas and Robert N. Bellah

Book Overview

The first classics in human history--the early works of literature, philosophy, and theology to which we have returned throughout the ages--appeared in the middle centuries of the first millennium bce. The canonical texts of the Hebrew scriptures, the philosophical writings of Plato and Aristotle, the Analects of Confucius and the Daodejing, the Bhagavad Gita and the teachings of the Buddha--all of these works came down to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674066499
• ISBN13: 9780674066496
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"