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Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Marcuse, Herbert

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The growing interest in civilizations, both on the level of political controversy ("the clash of civilizations") and in the context of scholarly debates, calls for more theoretical reflection on the problems and perspectives central to this field of social inquiry. This book contains the first systematical and critical survey of classical and contemporary approaches to comparative civilizational analysis; it goes on to outline a theoretical model that draws on the work of historical sociologists as well as on comparative cultural and intellectual history. Civilizations are analyzed as multi-dimensional formations, with particular emphasis on cultural orientations, but also on the autonomous dynamics of political and economic institutions. The last chapter applies this line of argument to questions raised by critics of Eurocentrism and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of postcolonial theory.

Civilization --- Philosophy

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Habermas, Jürgen

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The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy presents a series of essays that trace the Greeks' path to democracy and examine the connection between the Greek polis as a citizen state and democracy as well as the interaction between democracy and various forms of cultural expression from a comparative historical perspective and with special attention to the place of Greek democracy in political thought and debates about democracy throughout the centuries. Presents an original combination of a close synchronic and long diachronic examination of the Greek polis -

Polis --- Demokratie. --- Democracy --- City-states --- Social change --- Citizenship --- Politics and culture --- Arts --- Civilization --- History --- Political aspects --- Greek influences. --- Greece --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- Polis. --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Culture --- Culture and politics --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Cities and towns --- Federal government --- Municipal government --- State, The --- Birthright citizenship --- Citizenship (International law) --- National citizenship --- Nationality (Citizenship) --- Public law --- Allegiance --- Civics --- Domicile --- Political rights --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Occidental --- Arts, Western --- Fine arts --- Humanities --- Greek influences --- Law and legislation --- Arts, Primitive

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The articles included in this Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam are focused on two perspectives: Some link the comparative analysis of Islam to ongoing debates on the Axial Age and its role in the formation of major civilizational complexes, while others are more concerned with the historical constellations and sources involved in the formation of Islam as a religion and a civilization. More than any other particular line of inquiry, new historical and sociological approaches to the Axial Age revived the idea of comparative civilizational analysis and channeled it into more specific projects. A closer look at the very problematic place of Islam in this context will help to clarify questions about the Axial version of civilizational theory as well as issues in Islamic studies and sociological approaches to modern Islam. Contributors among others: Said Arjomand, Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, Josef van Ess and Raif G. Khoury. »[Es] ist zu vermerken, dass vergleichende historische Zivilisationsforschung, aufgrund der Spezialisierung der jeweiligen Fachgebiete, nicht gerade ein überrepräsentiertes Terrain darstellt. Allein deshalb beinhaltet dieser Band jede Menge neue Denkanstöße und interessante Blickwinkel für an der Materie Interessierte.« Philipp Bruckmayr, DAVO Nachrichten, 7 (2008) »Auch das 7. Jahrbuch für die Soziologie des Islams vereinigt Beiträge von Autoren, die sich von sehr unterschiedlichen Ausgangspunkten ausgehend in eine aktuelle Debatte einmischen. Je nach dem theoretischen und wissenschaftlich-praktischen Standpunkt wird der Leser die Beiträge mit unterschiedlicher Zustimmung, aber stets mit Interesse lesen.« Peter Heine, Anthropos, 103/1 (2008) »Diejenigen, die sich auf eine genaue Lektüre einlassen, werden je nach Interesse in unterschiedlichem Umfang Anregungen und Anstöße aus diesem Band mitnehmen können, besonders was die frühe Zeit des Islam betrifft.« Astrid Meier, www.geschichte-transnational/clio-online.net, 15.02.2008

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