Comparative civilizations and multiple modernities : a collection of essays, part one / Shmuel N. Eisenstadt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eisenstadt, Shmuel N., author.

Series:

Social Sciences - Book Archive 2000-2006.

Social Sciences - Book Archive 2000-2006

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (500 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of essays provides an analysis of the dynamics of Civilizations. The processes of globalization and of world history are described from a comparative sociological point of view in a Weberian tradition. These essays were written between 1974 and 2002 by one of the most eminent sociologists of today. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004129931).

Contents:

Preface / S.N. Eisenstadt

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Chapter One Introduction: Comparative Studies and Sociological Theory-From Comparative Studies to Civilizational Analysis: Autobiographical Notes / S.N. Eisenstadt

Introduction to Section I, “Theoretical Approach” / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Two The Civilizational Dimension in Sociological Analysis / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Three Social Division of Labor, Construction of Centers and Institutional Dynamics: A Reassessment of the Structural-Evolutionary Perspective / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Four The Construction of Collective Identities and the Continual Reconstruction of Primordiality and Sacrality—Some Analytical and Comparative Indications / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Five Some Observations on the Dynamics of Traditions / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Six Comparative Liminality. Liminality and Dynamics of Civilization / S.N. Eisenstadt

Introduction to Section II–A of Axial Civilizations: General Analysis / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Seven The Axial Age: The Emergence of Transcendental Visions and the Rise of Clerics / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Eight Cultural Traditions and Political Dynamics: The Origins and Modes of Ideological Politics / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Nine Transcendental Vision, Center Formation, and the Role of Intellectuals / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Ten Utopias and Dynamics of Civilizations: Some Concluding Comparative Observations / S.N. Eisenstadt

Introduction to Section II–B: Analysis of Selected Axial Civilizations and of Japan / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Eleven This-Worldly Transcendentalism and the Structuring of the World: Weber’s “Religion of China” and the Format of Chinese History and Civilization / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Twelve Some Observations on the Transformation of Confucianism (and Buddhism) in Japan / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Thirteen A Short Comparative Excurse on the (Theravada) Buddhist Civilizational Format and Historical Experience / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Fourteen Cultural Traditions, Conceptions of Sovereignty and State Formations in India and Europe / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Fifteen The Crystallization of Christian Civilization in Europe / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Sixteen The Jewish Historical Experience in the Framework of Comparative Universal History / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Seventeen Civil Society, Public Sphere, the Myth of Oriental Despotism and Political Dynamics in Islamic Societies / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Eighteen Japan and the Multiplicity of Cultural Programmes of Modernity / S.N. Eisenstadt

Chapter Nineteen Some Comparative Indications about the Dynamics of Historical Axial and Non-Axial Civilizations / S.N. Eisenstadt.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Eisenstadt, Shmuel N. Comparative Civilizations and Multiple Modernities

ISBN:

9789004531482

OCLC:

84683950

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004531482 DOI