Social theory and regional studies in the global age / edited by Saïd Amir Arjomand.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arjomand, Said Amir, editor.

Series:

SUNY series, Pangaea II : global/local studies.

SUNY series, Pangaea II : global/local studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xiii, 482 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]

Contents:

Part I Comparative Sociology, Civilizational Analysis, and Regional Studies

1 Three Generations of Comparative Sociologies / Saïd Amir Arjomand Arjomand, Saïd Amir 23

2 History, Sociology, and the Reconfiguration of Civilizations / Björn Wittrock Wittrock, Björn 63

3 Civilization in the Global Era: One, Many... or None? / Edward A. Tiryakian Tiryakian, Edward A. 91

4 Power: Nation-States, Civilizations, and Globalization-A Multiple Modernities Perspective / Willfried Spohn Spohn, Willfried 113

5 Reconfiguring Area Studies for the Global Age / Wolf Schafer Schafer, Wolf 145

Part II Historicizing Axial Shifts and Patterns of Evolution and Modernization

6 Historicizing Axial Civilizations / Johann P. Arnason Arnason, Johann P. 179

7 Crystallization of Islam and Developmental Patterns in the Islamicate Civilization / Saïd Amir Arjomand Arjomand, Saïd Amir 203

8 Evolutionary Grades within Complex Societies: The Case of Ethiopia / Donald N. Levine Levine, Donald N. 221

9 From Civilizations to Modernity: Divisions and Connections of the World, and Their Legacy-A Historical Social Geology / Göran Therborn Therborn, Göran 267

Part III World Regions, Colonial and Subaltern Modernities in the Global Periphery

10 World-Sociology Beyond the Fragments: Oblivion and Advance in the Comparative Analysis of Modernities / Peter Wagner Wagner, Peter 293

11 The Americas, Civilizational Analysis, and Its Current Competitors: Bringing (Revolutionary) Politics Back In! / Wolfgang Knöbl Knöbl, Wolfgang 313

12 Atlantic Capitalism, American Economic Cultures / Jeremy C. A. Smith Smith, Jeremy C. A. 339

13 Second Slavery versus Second Serfdom: Local Labor Regimes of the Global Periphery / Manuela Boatca Boatca, Manuela 361

14 Subaltern Modernities: The Case of the Arab Iranian Community of Bushehr / Babak Rahimi Rahimi, Babak 389

15 The Construction of Regional Identities in East Asia / Thomas Kern Kern, Thomas, Lotta Mayer Mayer, Lotta, Song-hui Nam Nam, Song-hui 415

16 Gazing Backward or Looking Forward: Colonial Modernity and Making of a Sociology of Modern India / Sujata Patel Patel, Sujata 437.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438451596

1438451598

OCLC:

852681937