Almost all cultures have a myth of paradise - envisaged either as a 'Golden Age' in the past, a time of earthly perfection not yet come, or a glorious afterlife beyond death. This is a study of a wide range of paradise concepts, widely separated in time and space. In a fascinating exploration of thi...
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Almost all cultures have a myth of paradise - envisaged either as a 'Golden Age' in the past, a time of earthly perfection not yet come, or a glorious afterlife beyond death. This is a study of a wide range of paradise concepts, widely separated in time and space. In a fascinating exploration of this theme, the author spans cultures and history, isolating distinctive features of these different perceptions of paradise and identifying their common significance in a thread running to the present. Lukk
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Richard Harris was born in London but has lived in Japan for sixteen years, where he is Professor of International Communications at Chukyo University. Interested especially in the ways symbolic systems change across cultures, he has travelled widely, conducting researching on the concept of paradis...
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Richard Harris was born in London but has lived in Japan for sixteen years, where he is Professor of International Communications at Chukyo University. Interested especially in the ways symbolic systems change across cultures, he has travelled widely, conducting researching on the concept of paradise in various parts of the world. Lukk