Practicing Transcendence (eBook)

Axial Age Spiritualities for a World in Crisis

Christopher Peet (Autor)

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2019 | 1st ed. 2019
XI, 354 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-14432-6 (ISBN)

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This book introduces readers to the concept of the Axial Age and its relevance for a world in crisis. Scholars have become increasingly interested in philosopher Karl Jaspers' thesis that a spiritual revolution in consciousness during the first millennium BCE decisively shaped world history. Axial ideas of transcendence develop into ideologies for world religions and civilizations, in turn coalescing into a Eurasian world-system that spreads globally to become the foundation of our contemporary world. Alongside ideas and ideologies, the Axial Age also taught spiritual practices critically resisting the new scale of civilizational power: in small counter-cultural communities on the margins of society, they turn our conscious focus inward to transform ourselves and overcome the destructive potentials within human nature.  Axial spiritualities offer humanity a practical wisdom, a profound psychology, and deep hope: to transform despair into resilience, helping us face with courage the ecological and political challenges confronting us today.

Christopher Peet, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at The King's University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.6.2019
• Zusatzinfo: XI, 354 p. 6 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Schlagworte: Ancient Philosophy • Axial Age • Axial Age Thinkers • Buddhism • Confucianism • Existentialism • existential phenomenology • Great Philosophers • Hinduism • Jainism • Judaism • Karl Jaspers • Psychology of religion • Taoism • transcendence
• ISBN-10: 3-030-14432-1 / 3030144321
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-14432-6 / 9783030144326