Autore
Arnason, Johann P.

Titolo
Axial Detachment: Reflections on Bellah's "Conclusion"
Periodico
Sociologica
Anno: 2013 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 0

The concluding chapter of Robert Bellah's Religion in Human Evolution revisits theaxial age and outlines arguments that could be developed further. In particular, he notes hithertounexplored parallels between different axial traditions, with special emphasis on affinitiesbetween Platonic and early Buddhist conceptions of radical change to modes of thought andlife. These analyses may be read as beginnings of a search for the common denominator of axialtransformations, defined in a way that would differ significantly from Eisenstadt's version.Against this background, Bellah discusses the legacy of the axial age and underlines its problematicand inconclusive character. The overall picture is difficult to reconcile with an evolutionarymeta- narrative.



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