Transcendence as Reflexive Sacredness
The “Axial Age” as a Turning Point in Religious History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23673232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hans Joas (corresponding author) |
| Editors | Alex Skinner |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 154-194 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Power of the Sacred (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressNew York (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780190933272.003.0006 |
| OpenAlex | W3138283328 |
| ISBN | 9780190933272 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 160 |
This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the debate on the so-called Axial Age. It presents the major contributors from Karl Jaspers on, but also the predecessors in the 18th and 19th centuries. , It explores concepts such as the age of transcendence that have been used to characterize the fundamental innovation of that age. It particularly emphasizes the emergence of moral universalism in that period. The chapter also attempts to bring the different perspectives together by interpreting a reflexive view of the sources of sacredness as a major turning point in the global history of religion.
Epistemology · Psychoanalysis · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Transcendence (philosophy) · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
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| Highly cited | No |