Thursday In several posts I have suggested a generalization of Karl Jaspers idea of an “Axial Age.” For Jaspers (and Lewis Mumford, and others who have followed them), the “Axial Age… more →
Grand Strategy: The View from Oregonwrote 2 months ago: Thursday In several posts I have suggested a generalization of Karl Jaspers idea of an “Axial … more →
wrote 12 months ago: Sunday In Axial Crisis of Axial Fulfillment? I discussed Michael Wood’s exposition of the Axia … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Monday Among the many television documentaries hosted by Micheal Wood is the series Legacy: The Orig … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Wednesday In the schematic division of Integral History that I have been formulating in a series of … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Wednesday It is interesting to reflect on the peculiar character of civilization in Western Europe a … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Friday Lately I’ve run across several blog posts that discuss the place of narrative in human … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Monday Periodization of the northwestern Iberian Peninsula: Recent Prehistory and Protohistory (cali … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Wednesday It is rare for a philosopher to have much influence over the popular mind, although it doe … more →