Cultural Dialogism and the Prospect of a New Axial Age
摘要
The term “Axial Period”Axial Period was formulated by the German philosopher Karl Theodor JaspersJaspers, Karl Theodor (1883–1969) in his Vom Ursprung und Ziel der Geschichte (The Origin and Goal of History) in which Jaspers divides human history into four ages: the pre-historical age, the age of ancient civilization, the axial age, and the scientific age. Amongst the four ages, the axial age ranges from 800 to 400 BC.