Comparative Civilizations and Multiple Modernities

A Collection of Essays, part two

著者：
Shmuel N. Eisenstadt
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).
Copyright Year:
2003
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Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Preface
Introduction to Section III on Modernity as Civilization
Chapter Twenty The Civilizational Dimension of Modernity: Modernity as a Distinct Civilization
Chapter Twenty-One Multiple Modernities in an Age of Globalization
Chapter Twenty-Two Multiple Modernities
Chapter Twenty-Three Barbarism and Modernity: The Destructive Components of Modernity
Introduction to Section IV on Historical and Civilizational Frameworks of Western Modernity
Chapter Twenty-Four Origins of the West. The Origins of the West in Recent Macrosociological Theory. The Protestant Ethic Reconsidered
Chapter Twenty-Five Frameworks of the Great Revolutions: Culture, Social Structure, History and Human Agency
Chapter Twenty-Six The Sectarian Origin of Modernity
Introduction to Section V–A: The Classical Age of Modernity
Chapter Twenty-Seven The Breakdown and Transformation of Communist Regimes
Chapter Twenty-Eight The First Multiple Modernities: The Civilizations of the Americas
Chapter Twenty-Nine Mirror-Image Modernities: Contrasting Religious Premises of Japanese and U.S. Modernity
Chapter Thirty Israeli Politics and the Jewish Political Tradition: Principled Political Anarchism and the Rule of the Court
Chapter Thirty-One The Puzzle of Indian Democracy
Chapter Thirty-Two Center Formation and Protest Movements in Europe and the United States: A Comparative Perspective
Chapter Thirty-Three The Structuring of Social Protest in Modern Societies: The Limits and Direction of Convergence
Chapter Thirty-Four Construction of Trust, Collective Identity and the Fragility and Continuity of Democratic Regimes
Introduction to Section V–B: The Contemporary Scene
Chapter Thirty-Five The Contemporary Scene—Beyond the Hegemony of the Nation and Revolutionary State Model
Chapter Thirty-Six Globalization, Civilizational Traditions and Multiple Modernities
Chapter Thirty-Seven The Jacobin Component of Fundamentalist Movements
Chapter Thirty-Eight The Reconstruction of Religious Arenas in the Framework of ‘Multiple Modernities’
Back Matter
S.N. Eisenstadt: List of Publications
Index of Names
Index of Subject
Shmuel N. Eisenstadt (†), Ph.D. (1947), Jerusalem, was Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a member of many academies and a recipient of honorary doctoral degrees from the Universities of Tel Aviv, Helsinki, Harvard, Duke and Hebrew Union College. Recipient of many prizes and awards, he authored more than 50 books.
Sociologists, anthropologists, historians, religion specialists.
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出版社:
Brill
Language:
英语
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004531499

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