The Many Americas
Civilization and Modernity in the Atlantic World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2397854 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Smith (0000-0003-2204-1594, Federation University, corresponding author), Jeremy C A Smith (UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA,) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-133 |
| Publication date | 2010-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1368431009355863 |
| OpenAlex | W2157942324 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 28 |
Civilizational analysis has not concerned itself too greatly with the historical experiences of the American New World. There are good reasons to correct this position and Shmuel Eisenstadt's principal work on America's distinct modernities goes some way to establishing the colonization of the Atlantic world as an opening phase of modernity. Nonetheless, a more far-reaching analysis of the distinctiveness of diverse American societies can be developed that goes beyond the image of a Protestant North America contrasted with southern Latin cultures. This article outlines the basis for a more nuanced approach in three steps: a focus on intercivilizational engagement (which goes beyond the notion of 'intercivilizational encounters' developed by Benjamin Nelson and Johann Arnason), examination of civilizational factors neglected by Eisenstadt and reconsideration of the conceptual range of the notion of 'civilization' itself. The archetype of two Americas is replaced by a model of four with some consideration given to indigenous civilizations as a fifth America
Optimal distinctiveness theory · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Religion and Society Interactions
Religions, Nations, and Transnationalism in Multiple Modernities
Socio-cultural dynamics of multiple modernities in Brazil and Russia
Revolutionary Doctrines and Political Imaginaries
Global configurations of indigenous identities, movements and pathways
Eisenstadt, Brazil and the multiple modernities framework
The rise of interdisciplinary studies in social sciences and humanities and the challenge of comparative sociology
The idea of Latin America
The American Civilizing Process
The shaping of America
The black Atlantic
The slippery earth
The Rediscovery of America
Modernity An Ethnographic Approach
In Europe's Image
Remaking America
Aztecs
Civilizations in Dispute
Founding of New Societies
“To Make America”
Comparative Civilizations and Multiple Modernities
Latin America and Contemporary Modernity
Caribbean Migration
The 'defence of civilization' in eighteenth- century social theory
To Make America
The Liberty of Strangers
Understanding Intercivilizational Encounters
Of Contingencies and Breaks
The Civilizations of the Americas
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2018 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |