Convenient Myths

The Axial Age, Dark Green Religion, and the World That Never Was

von Iain Provan

172 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The contemporary world has been shaped by two important and potent myths. Karl Jaspers' construct of the ""axial age"" envisions the common past (800-200 BC), the time when Western society was born and world religions spontaneously and independently appeared out of a seemingly shared value set. Conversely, the myth of the ""dark green golden age,"" as narrated by David Suzuki and others, asserts that the axial age and the otherworldliness that accompanied the emergence of organized religion ripped society from a previously deep communion with nature. Both myths contend that to maintain balance we must return to the idealized past. In Convenient Myths, Iain Provan illuminates the influence of these two deeply entrenched and questionable myths, warns of their potential dangers, and forebodingly maps the implications of a world founded on such myths.

• Reihe: Baylor University Press
• ISBN: 9781602589926
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2013
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Longleaf Services on behalf of Baylor University P