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:

1 online resource (498 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A pioneering approach to social theory that rectifies overreliance on Western historical experience of development and modernization.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword: Pangaea II: Global/Local Studies""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: The Challenge of Integrating Social Theory and Regional Studies""; ""I""; ""II""; ""III""; ""IV""; ""V""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part I: Comparative Sociology, Civilizational Analysis, and Regional Studies""; ""1: Three Generations of Comparative Sociologies""; ""From Durkheim and Weber to Redfield�s Comparative Analysis of Civilizations""; ""The Third Generation: Axial Civilizations and Multiple Modernities""

""Rethinking Civilizational Analysis: Tradition and Religion in Civilizational Processes""""Multiple Modernities in Old and New Nation-States and Diversity in their Patterns of Secularization""; ""Varieties of Nationalism and their Civilizational Background""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""2: History, Sociology, and the Reconfiguration of Civilizations""; ""Diverging Paths: Three Periods of Increasing Separation between History and Sociology""; ""The Rise of the Social Sciences""; ""Academic Institutionalization and the Crisis of European Modernity""

""The Internationalization and Americanization of the Social Sciences""""The Renaissance of Historical Thought in the Social Sciences: Three Moments""; ""The Idea of the Axial Age""; ""A Systematic Conceptualization of the Axial Age""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""3: Civilization in the Global Era: One, Many � or None?""; ""I""; ""First Sociological Period: Pre-World War I""; ""Second Sociological Period: 1930�1970""; ""Third Sociological Period: 1993�""; ""II""; ""Reconceptualizing Civilization""; ""New Frames for Civilizational Analysis""; ""Globalization and Civilization""

""Globalization after World War II: Toward Parity""""Recent Globalization 1970�""; ""Globalization and Civilization""; ""Scenario 1: A Second Axial Age?""; ""Scenario 2: Many Civilizations""; ""Scenario Three: � or None""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""4: Power: Nation-States, Civilizations, and Globalization�A Multiple Modernities Perspective""; ""Power Analysis between the Nation-State and the Global System""; ""Power, Civilizational Analysis, and Multiple Modernities""; ""Civilizational Analysis and the Historical Sociology of Social Power""

""Power, Civilizations, and Globalizations""""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""5: Reconfiguring Area Studies for the Global Age""; ""I""; ""II""; ""III""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part II: Historicizing Axial Shifts and Patterns of Evolution and Modernization""; ""6: Historicizing Axial Civilizations""; ""Chronological Landmarks""; ""The Eurasian Context""; ""Cultures and Regions""; ""Culture and Power""; ""References""; ""7: Crystallization of Islam and Developmental Patterns in the Islamicate Civilization""; ""I""; ""II""; ""III""; ""IV""; ""V""; ""Notes""; ""References""

""8: Evolutionary Grades within Complex Societies: The Case of Ethiopia""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438451619

143845161X

OCLC:

880938430