The Rise of the West
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4933725 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Chirot (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 181 |
| Publication date | 1985-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2095408 |
| OpenAlex | W2323510517 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 34 |
| References cited | 11 |
Max Weber's explanation of the rise of Western progress remains the best available. It needs to be blended with an awareness that geographic coincidence and medieval class conflict were instrumental in allowing strong, bourgeois-dominated towns to emerge from feudalism. This, and the very long-lasting political stalemate between contending forces in the Middle Ages and early modern Europe were the key elements in the development of Western rationality. Proof comes from comparing Europe to other major agrarian civilizations, particularly China. Twentieth-century historical scholarship confirms Weber more than it supports some recent, fashionable sociological theories about the rise of the West such as world system
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Local Institutions and Rural Development in European History
Medieval Roots of the Modern State
The Beloved Myth
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Money, States, and Empire
The shape of the world system in the thirteenth century
Origins of Capitalism in Western Europe
Macro‐level gender equality and depression in men and women in Europe
Why Europe Avoided Hegemony
The end of the Third World
Politics and Institutionalism
Democracy and Capitalism
Interpretive Historical Sociology
Palace Fundamentalism and Liberal Democracy
Origins of the West
Transcending East-West Dichotomies
The Dialectics of Legitimation and Counternorms
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Social Control of MNCs
A Clash of Civilizations or of Paradigms
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| Unique citing works | 34 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,85 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2023 (38) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |