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

by Iain W. Provan

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602589925
• ISBN13: 9781602589926
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher