books.google.com - Annotation. This 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...http://books.google.com/books/about/Comparative_civilizations_and_multiple_m.html?id=iQxCC8fUev4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareComparative civilizations and multiple modernities. 1(2003)