Stavit Sinai
Biographic Data
| ID | 4226407 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stavit Sinai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stavit |
| FAMILY NAME | Sinai |
| SIGNATURE | SINAI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Konstanz |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2124-3557 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The analytical incoherence of the multiple modernities thesis
The multiple modernities thesis has been the focus of scholarly debates in the last decade and has become widely accepted in the study of non-Western societies. Yet the thesis suffers from a major incoherence which lies in its principal assumptions about the process by which social change occurs. The article offers a critique of the multiple modernities thesis which challenges Eisenstadt's understanding of diverse cultural contexts and their loca…
The short road from antiquity to modernity
The concept of “civilization”, a loaded term which the sociological discourse began to re-emphasize in the 1970s, is subject of historiographical construction that can potentially serve contemporary, political national ends. Eisenstadt’s Jewish Civilization (1992), conceptualizing the ancient Jewish existence in terms of an axial civilization, exemplifies this potential. A critical reading underscores how Eisenstadt’s descriptions of the Jewish c…
From Zionist to radical sociology
The disciplinary use of sociological terminology bears the potential to both produce representations of society and reify existing ones. Based on the analysis presented throughout the book, it is concluded that Eisenstadt’s sociology of Israel has discursively constructed the image of its object of study, namely, “Israeli society”, according to predefined categories. It bequeathed the Israeli collective with subjectivity, coherency, continuity, a…
Mediated identity
Utopias are products of intellectual construction. Typifying this is Eisenstadt’s early oeuvre (1947–1956), which reveals two interrelated approaches: utopianism and orientalism. Based on a Saidian interpretation of these corresponding tendencies, Eisenstadt’s early works are explained in relation to the Zionist ideological mechanisms which dominated Israel’s initial phase of statehood. Eisenstadt’s portrayal of Israeli society depicts its member…
Eisenstadt, modern imaginaries, and the political mythology of Zionism
The discipline of sociology is the product of both the modern imaginaries in which it was historically rooted and of their related analytical categories, which it simultaneously formed. The chapter presents the inherent problems typifying sociology as a discursive reflective practice and presents theories of sociology of knowledge, mnemohistory, and postcolonial critique. These set the backdrop to an examination of Eisenstadt’s sociological conje…
Sociological Knowledge and Collective Identity: S. N. Eisenstadt and Israeli Society
The Jewish democracy and multiple modernities
Sociological Knowledge and Collective Identity: S. N. Eisenstadt and Israeli Society
Nationalism and multiple modernities. Europe and beyond
In what she defines as an exploratory attempt, Atsuko Ichijo invites us to introduce the concept of multiple modernities to the study of nationalism and to examine the possible implications of such
The analytical incoherence of the multiple modernities thesis
The multiple modernities thesis has been the focus of scholarly debates in the last decade and has become widely accepted in the study of non-Western societies. Yet the thesis suffers from a major incoherence which lies in its principal assumptions about the process by which social change occurs. The article offers a critique of the multiple modernities thesis which challenges Eisenstadt's understanding of diverse cultural contexts and their loca…
Nationalism and multiple modernities. Europe and beyond
In what she defines as an exploratory attempt, Atsuko Ichijo invites us to introduce the concept of multiple modernities to the study of nationalism and to examine the possible implications of such
The short road from antiquity to modernity
The concept of “civilization”, a loaded term which the sociological discourse began to re-emphasize in the 1970s, is subject of historiographical construction that can potentially serve contemporary, political national ends. Eisenstadt’s Jewish Civilization (1992), conceptualizing the ancient Jewish existence in terms of an axial civilization, exemplifies this potential. A critical reading underscores how Eisenstadt’s descriptions of the Jewish c…
From Zionist to radical sociology
The disciplinary use of sociological terminology bears the potential to both produce representations of society and reify existing ones. Based on the analysis presented throughout the book, it is concluded that Eisenstadt’s sociology of Israel has discursively constructed the image of its object of study, namely, “Israeli society”, according to predefined categories. It bequeathed the Israeli collective with subjectivity, coherency, continuity, a…
Mediated identity
Utopias are products of intellectual construction. Typifying this is Eisenstadt’s early oeuvre (1947–1956), which reveals two interrelated approaches: utopianism and orientalism. Based on a Saidian interpretation of these corresponding tendencies, Eisenstadt’s early works are explained in relation to the Zionist ideological mechanisms which dominated Israel’s initial phase of statehood. Eisenstadt’s portrayal of Israeli society depicts its member…
Eisenstadt, modern imaginaries, and the political mythology of Zionism
The discipline of sociology is the product of both the modern imaginaries in which it was historically rooted and of their related analytical categories, which it simultaneously formed. The chapter presents the inherent problems typifying sociology as a discursive reflective practice and presents theories of sociology of knowledge, mnemohistory, and postcolonial critique. These set the backdrop to an examination of Eisenstadt’s sociological conje…
Sociological Knowledge and Collective Identity: S. N. Eisenstadt and Israeli Society
The Jewish democracy and multiple modernities
Sociological Knowledge and Collective Identity: S. N. Eisenstadt and Israeli Society
The analytical incoherence of the multiple modernities thesis
The multiple modernities thesis has been the focus of scholarly debates in the last decade and has become widely accepted in the study of non-Western societies. Yet the thesis suffers from a major incoherence which lies in its principal assumptions about the process by which social change occurs. The article offers a critique of the multiple modernities thesis which challenges Eisenstadt's understanding of diverse cultural contexts and their loca…
Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works)