03736nam 2200649 a 450 991078324490332120230607164954.01-4462-1573-31-280-37106-497866103710681-4129-3134-7(CKB)1000000000032064(EBL)254827(OCoLC)70752364(SSID)ssj0000237110(PQKBManifestationID)11202936(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237110(PQKBWorkID)10207784(PQKB)10630499(OCoLC)729031084(StDuBDS)EDZ0000071658(MiAaPQ)EBC254827(Au-PeEL)EBL254827(CaPaEBR)ebr10076696(CaONFJC)MIL37106(OCoLC)928578638(FlNmELB)ELB130900(EXLCZ)99100000000003206420120411d2004 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRethinking civilizational analysis /editors, Said Amir Arjomand, Edward A. TiryakianLondon :SAGE,2004.1 online resource (xi, 260 pages)SAGE studies in international sociology ;520-7619-4398-6 1-4129-0183-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: The Intellectual Background; Chapter 1 - Civilization in a Historical and Global Perspective; Chapter 2 - Civilizational Forms; Part II: Theoretical Essays; Chapter 3 - Civilizational Analysis: Renovating the Sociological Tradition; Chapter 4 - The Civilizational Dimension of Modernity: Modernity as a Distinct Civilization; Chapter 5 - Note on the Concept of an Axial Turning in Human History ; Chapter 6 - Global Civilization and Local Cultures: A Crude Look at the Whole; Chapter 7 - Civilization and its SourcesChapter 8 - Civilizational Patterns and Civilizing Processes; Chapter 9 - Rationalization, Transformations of Consciousness and Intercivilizational Encounters: Reflections on Benjamin Nelson's Sociology of Civilizations; Chapter 10 - Civilizations as Zones of Prestige and Social Contact; Part III: Historical and Comparative Essays; Chapter 11 - Chinese Encounters with Other Civilizations; Chapter 12 - Perso-Indian Statecraft, Greek Political Science and Muslim Idea of Government; Chapter 13 - The Comparison of Civilizations: Louis Dumont on India and the WestChapter 14 - Confessions of a Eurocentric; Part IV: Critical Essays; Chapter 15 - From Indigenous Civilization to Indigenous Modernities: Sacred narratives, Terrra Nullius and an Australian Bestiarium; Chapter 16 - A Clash of Civilizations or of Paradigms? Theorizing Progress and Social Change; Chapter 17 - The Clash of Civilizations: A Model of Historical Development?; Chapter 18 - For the Last Time: Civilizations; IndexAlthough the concept of civilization has deep roots in the social sciences, there is an urgent need to rethink it for modern times. This book addresses the methods of social analysis required to get to grips with 'soft power' & to understand aspects of globalization.Sage studies in international sociology ;52.CivilizationPhilosophyCivilizationPhilosophy.306.01Arjomand Said Amir636664Tiryakian Edward A127936StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910783244903321Rethinking civilizational analysis3709111UNINA