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Rethinking civilizational analysis /

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-unit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Arjomand, Said Amir, Tiryakian, Edward A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2004.
Colección:Sage studies in international sociology ; 52.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.