The Origin and Goal of History (Routledge Revivals) by Jaspers, Karl,Bullock, Michael -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Original Copyright Page FOREWORD Table of Contents PART ONE. WORLD HISTORY

INTRODUCTION: The Structure of World History I. THE AXIAL PERIOD

A. CHARACTERISATION OF THE AXIAL PERIOD B. THE STRUCTURE OF WORLD HISTORY SINCE THE AXIAL PERIOD C. EXAMINATION OF THE AXIAL PERIOD THESIS

II. SCHEMA OF WORLD HISTORY III. PREHISTORY

A. HISTORY AND PREHISTORY B. OUR ATTITUDE TO PREHISTORY C. A TEMPORAL SCHEMA OF PREHISTORY D. WHAT HAPPENED IN PREHISTORY? E. THE OVERALL ASPECT OF PREHISTORY F. DO ALL MEN FORM PART OF A SINGLE WHOLE?

IV. THE ANCIENT HISTORICAL CIVILISATIONS

A. SUMMARY B. WHAT EVENTS USHERED IN HISTORY? C. ANALOGIES AND DIVERSITIES BETWEEN THE ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS

V. THE AXIAL PERIOD AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

A. THE STRUCTURING OF WORLD HISTORY BY THE AXIAL PERIOD B. WORLD HISTORY AFTER THE BREAK-THROUGH C. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INDO-GERMANIC PEOPLES D. HISTORY OF THE WEST

VI. THE SPECIFIC QUALITY OF THE WEST VII. ORIENT AND OCCIDENT: THE EASTERN AND THE WESTERN WORLD VIII. ONCE MORE: A SCHEMA OF WORLD HISTORY

PART TWO. PRESENT AND FUTURE

I. THE INTRINSICALLY NEW: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

INTRODUCTION 1. MODERN SCIENCE

A. CHARACTERISATION OF MODERN SCIENCE B. THE ORIGIN OF MODERN SCIENCE C. ABERRATIONS AND TASKS OF MODERN SCIENCE

2. MODERN TECHNOLOGY

A. THE NATURE OF TECHNOLOGY B. THE NATURE OF WORK C. APPRAISAL OF WORK AND TECHNOLOGY

II. THE PRESENT SITUATION OF THE WORLD

INTRODUCTION A. CHARACTERISATION OF THE PRESENT SITUATION B. WHAT GAVE RISE TO THE PRESENT SITUATION? C. SUMMARY

III. THE FUTURE

1. THE GOAL: LIBERTY

A. THE PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPT OF FREEDOM B. POWER AND POLITICAL FREEDOM

2. THE BASIC TENDENCIES

A. SOCIALISM B. WORLD UNITY C. FAITH

PART THREE. THE MEANING OF HISTORY

INTRODUCTION: The meaning of conceptions of history I. BOUNDARIES OF HISTORY

A. NATURE AND HISTORY B. HEREDITY AND TRADITIOY C. HISTORY AND COSMOS

II. BASIC STRUCTURES OF HISTORY

A. THE UNIVERSAL AND THE INDIVIDUAL B. THE TRANSITIONALITY OF HISTORY

III. THE UNITY OF HISTORY

INTRODUCTION A. FACTS THAT POINT TO UNITY B. UNITY THROUGH MEANING AND GOAL C. UNITY FOR THE THINKING TOTAL CONCEPTION

IV. OUR MODERN HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS

A. UNIVERSALITY AND PRECISION OF THE METHODS OF INVESTIGATION B. OVERCOMING TOTAL THINKING C. OVERCOMING THE MERELY AESTHETIC VIEW OF HISTORY D. ATTUNING TO THE UNITY OF MANKIND E. HISTORY AND THE PRESENT BECOME INSEPARABLE TO US

V. OVERCOMING HISTORY

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