Myth, Modernity, and the Legacy of the Axial Age: Taylor, Habermas, Assmann, and Jaspers.

The article focuses on Karl Jaspers introduced the term "Axial Age" in 1949 to describe the decline of reason in Europe during World War II. It reports that He and his wife turned to Jewish philosophy, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism to cope with emptiness and connect to common origins. It mentions that Jaspers advocated for universal solidarity in 1945 and extended this stance into world history, maintaining a cosmopolitan humanism and reconnecting us to core Enlightenment values.