| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 260 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Sage studies in international sociology ; 52
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Sage studies in international sociology ; 52.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Civilization -- Philosophy.
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Civilization -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Arjomand, Said Amir.
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Tiryakian, Edward A.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rethinking civilizational analysis. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2004 (DLC) 2004100213 |
| ISBN |
1412901839 |
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9781412901833 |
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9781412931342 (electronic book) |
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1412931347 (electronic book) |
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9781446215739 (ebook) |
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1446215733 (ebook) |
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1280371064 |
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9781280371066 |
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