In 1873, John Stuart Stuart-Glennie elaborated a theory of 'the moral revolution' to characterize the historical shift from roughly 600 BCE in a variety of civilizations, as part of a critical theory of history. This book brings light to the now eclipsed theory and offers new contexts and understandings of the phenomenon.
In 1873, John Stuart Stuart-Glennie elaborated a theory of 'the moral revolution' to characterize the historical shift from roughly 600 BCE in a variety of civilizations, as part of a critical theory of history. This book brings light to the now eclipsed theory and offers new contexts and understandings of the phenomenon.
Preface 1. Jaspers, Stuart-Glennie and the Origins of the Theory 2. Religion, Habitat, and Cosmos 3. Panzoonism, the Bioticon, and the 500 Year Cycles of History 4. Islands of Light 5. Jaspers and Mumford 6. The Next Transformation? 7. The Moral Revolution and the Modern Revolution Today