 | Said Amir Arjomand - 1993 - 318 sivua
...institutionalization of new basic ontological conceptions of a chasm between the transcendental and mundane orders. These conceptions, which first developed among small...autonomous, relatively unattached "intellectuals," were ultimately transformed into the basic "hegemonic" premises of their respective civilizations,... | |
 | Martin E. Marty, R. Scott Appleby - 2004 - 540 sivua
...these revolutions was the emergence and institutionalization of new basic ontological conceptions of a chasm between the transcendental and mundane orders...autonomous, relatively unattached "intellectuals" — such as prophets or visionaries (a new social element at the time) — particularly among the carriers... | |
 | S. N. Eisenstadt - 1996 - 604 sivua
...civilization); in Hinduism and Buddhism; and, beyond the Axial Age proper, in Islam. These ontological conceptions, which first developed among small groups...autonomous, relatively unattached "intellectuals" — such as prophets or visionaries — a new social element at the time, and particularly among the... | |
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... civilizations can be seen as a series of some of the greatest revolutionary breakthroughs in the history of mankind, which changed the course of human history. The central aspect of these... 