Rethinking civilizational analysis

Arjomand, Said Amir. (Added Author). Tiryakian, Edward A. (Added Author).

Summary: Although the concept of 'civilization' has deep roots in the social sciences, there is an urgent need to re-think it for contemporary times. Rethinking Civilizational Analysis points to an exhaustion in using 'the nation state' and 'world system' as the basic macro-units of social analysis because they do not get to grips with the 'soft power' variable of cultural factors involved in global aspects of development.

Record details

ISBN: 1412901839
ISBN: 9781412901833
ISBN: 9781412931342 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1412931347 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xi, 260 p.)
Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Civilization in a Historical and Global Perspective; Chapter 2 -- Civilizational Forms; 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 Sources; Chapter 8 -- Civilizational Patterns and Civilizing Processes.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.