The Awakening-Cycle Controversy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4264332 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Barkun (Syracuse University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 425 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0210 • E-ISSN: 2325-7873 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3711158 |
| OpenAlex | W2406359865 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
Participants in a 1983 symposium in Sociological Analysis debated the existence of periodic “awakenings” in American society. The precise issues in dispute were often blurred by a tendency to equate awakenings with peaks in revival activity, at best an imperfect measure. The awakening-cycle construct may be further clarified by comparing it with related cyclical models: Whitney Cross's linkage of revivals and economic downturns; E.P. Thompson's “chiliasm of despair” thesis; Anthony F.C. Wallace's model of “revitalization”: and Thomas Kuhn's model of scientific revolutions. An examination of these approaches suggests that the awakening-cycle theory remains promising but requires modification, principally by assigning greater significance to outbursts of millennialism as a key indicator
Political science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · World Systems and Global Transformations
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2016 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |