S.N. Eisenstadt
A sociological giant
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11624742 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roland Robertson (Durham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 303-311 |
| Publication date | 2011-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Classical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-795X • E-ISSN: 1741-2897 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1468795x11406029 |
| OpenAlex | W1999205337 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 26 |
This paper considers the work of Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt mainly in the perspective of the author’s specific encounters with his work, in the course of which Eisenstadt’s work is compared with that of Talcott Parsons. There are several aspects of this programme. First, brief attention is given to the biographies of Eisenstadt and Parsons; second, their styles and approaches to sociological analysis are compared and contrasted; third, the subject of their somewhat different approaches to what I will call globality is raised, against the background of Eisenstadt’s great reliance on the later work of Karl Jaspers and the somewhat problematic issue of civilization(s). The discussion of Eisenstadt’s deployment of Jaspers’ insights is explored with particular reference to the former’s Japanese Civilization. Often regarded as the graveyard of comparative sociology, Eisenstadt’s attempt to place Japan in a comparative context is, in a number of respects, the consummation of his life’s work, though he had many years yet to live. The paper concludes with a question concerning whether global consciousness has superseded, or transcended, the contrast between differential modernization and global civilization
Civilization · Consciousness · Consummation · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Globality · Globalization · Modernization theory · Social science · Sociological imagination · Sociology · Subject (documents · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Theory and Philosophy · History · Law · Philosophy · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
Power, trust, and meaning
The form of sociology
The system of modern societies.
Comparative Civilizations and Multiple Modernities
Comparative Civilizations and Multiple Modernities
The axial age
The Axial Age
The Political Systems of Empires
From Generation to Generation
Globalization
Origins and Diversity of Axial Age Civilizations, The
The Origin and Goal of History
Axial Civilizations and World History
Modernization and Conditions of Sustained Growth
Max Weber and World-Denying Love
Social Change, Differentiation and Evolution
Breakdowns of Modernization
Building States and Nations
Processes of Modernization and of Urban and Industrial Transformation Under Conditions of Structural Duality
Cultural Nationalism in Contemporary Japan
The Origin and Goal of History (Routledge Revivals)
Modernization
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |