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

ISBN-13: 9781602589926 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 171 str.

Iain Provan

Spis treści

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 The Turning Point of History
• The Axial Age
• 2 Serious People, Bad Ideas
• An Inquisition on the Axial Age
• 3 Procrustes and His Bed
• Mutilating the Facts to Fit a Theory
• 4 Happy Hunting (and Gathering)
• The Dark Green Golden Age
• 5 Hard Times in the Paleolithic
• Constant Battles and Unequal Rights
• 6 Ecologically Noble Ancestors?
• Why Spiritual People Don't Necessarily Look after Their Living Space
• 7 You Can't Always Get What You Want
• Desire (and Need) and the Past
• 8 The Past Reloaded
• A Brief History of Ancient Time
• 9 On Loving Your Dead Neighbor
• Violence, Knowledge, and History
• 10 On Truth and Consequences
• Why Myths about the Past Matter
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index