Comparative civilizations and multiple modernities : [a collection of essays]. 2(2003), Part 1This 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). |
Contents
Preface | 487 |
Modernity | 493 |
Multiple Modernities in an Age of Globalization | 519 |
Multiple Modernities | 535 |
the Destructive Components | 561 |
Origins of the West The origins of the West in recent | 577 |
Culture Social | 613 |
The Sectarian Origin of Modernity | 641 |
The Puzzle of Indian Democracy | 781 |
Center Formation and Protest Movements in Europe | 831 |
Construction of Trust Collective Identity and | 877 |
B The Contemporary Scene | 909 |
Globalization civilizational traditions and multiple | 925 |
The Jacobin Component of Fundamentalist | 937 |
The Reconstruction of Religious Arenas in | 953 |
List of Publications | 981 |
A The Classical Age of Modernity | 675 |
The civilization of | 701 |
Contrasting Religious | 723 |
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