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The Global History of Humankind in Karl Jaspers' Vision, Focused on 'the Axial Age' and the Ideal of 'Mutual Civilizational Grafting' writ. by [USA] Joanne Miyang Cho and trans, by Jin Shoutie 28 This essay examines some key aspects in Karl Jaspers' global history of humankind. First, I explore Jaspers' idea of eivilizational continuity and its example in the Axial Age. The Axial Age concentrated on the simultane- ous, but independent origins of civilizations from 800 to 200 BC. While it had a clear cosmopolitan intent, it was, however, vulnerable to the charge of lacking empirical evidence. Secondly, I argue that Jaspers' idea of mutual civilizational grafting is a better way of establishing civilizational continuity than that of the Axial Age, since it is based upon empirical history. Using historical scholarship, I elaborate on the example of the relation- ship between the Jesuits and the upper class Chinese, including Emperor Kangxi. They showed serious commit- ment towards each other's culture, even to the point of mutually adopting cultural practice. Thus, Jaspers' idea of mutual grafting refutes the charge that his global history would be too superficial.
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