Comparing Modernities

Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Ph.D. (1974) in Sociology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Weinberg Professor of Political Sociology at Tel Aviv University. His recent works include Jewish identities: Fifty intellectuals answer Ben-Gurion (Brill, 2002), and Is Israel One? Religion, Nationalism and Multiculturalism Confounded (Brill, 2005). His edited works include Identity, Culture and Globalization (Brill, 2001).Yitzhak Sternberg, is a Researcher in Sociology at Tel Aviv University. His current research interest is Nativism in immigrant societies from a comparative perspective. He has co-edited Identity, Culture and Globalization (Brill, 2001).

• PrefaceIn homage to Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, Menachem Magidor, Hayim Tadmor, Piotr Stzompka, Elizier Ben-Rafael and Shalini RanderiaI: The Historical Trajectory of Modernity1. Modernity in socio-historical perspective, Shmuel N. Eisenstadt2. The Axial Conundrum: Between historical sociology and the philosophy of history, Johann P. Arnason3. Cultural crystallization and civilization change: Axiality and modernity, 4. The exception that proves the rule? Rome in the Axial Age, W.G. Runciman5. Civil Society: Some remarks on the career of a concept, Jürgen Kocka6. Challenges of modernity in an age of globalization, T.K. Oommen7. The dark side of modernity: Tension relief, splitting, and Grace, Jeffrey C. AlexanderII: Modernity and Pluralism8. Pluralities and pluralisms, Zvi Werblowsky9. Multiculturalism revisited, Han Entzinger10. Ethnic revival and religious revival in “Providential decomcracies”, Dominique Schnapper11. Doubts about pluralism, Ralf Dahrendorf12. The end of the “social”, Alain Touraine13. Collective identity and the representation of liminality, Bernhard GiesenIII: Religion, Nationalism and Pluralism14. Weber’s sociology of religion and Ancient Judaism, Wolfgang Schluchter15. Comparative analysis of the civilization of modernity: 1203 and 2003, Edward A. Tiryakan16. Political culture in the Islamicate civilization, Saïd Arjomand17. Multiple religious modernities: A new approach to contemporary religiosity, Danièle Hervieu-Léger18. Religion and power in the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Michael Confino19. From religion to nationalism: The transformation of the Jewish identity, Eliezer Ben-RafaelIV: Modernity as World Reality20. Who invented modernity in South India, and is it modern?, David Shulman21. Is Israel Western?, Sammy Smooha22. Cultural translations and European modernity, Gerard Delanty23. Center-periphery, creolization and cosmopolitanism, Ulf Hannerz24. Europe’s multiple modernity, Erik Allardt25. Civilizational resources for dialogic engagement?, Donald N. LevineV: Challenges of Collective Identities26. French and German Judaism facing modernity, Rolland Goetschell27. From East Europeans to Europeans, Piotr Sztompka28. Is Hindu-Muslim cleavage the paradigmatic case for conflicts in South Asia?, Stanley J. Tambiah29. Democracy in Latin America: The ‘only game in town’?, Luis Roniger30. The European identity, Alberto MartinelliVI. Epilogue: Modernity as Program31. Basic mechanisms of moral evolution: in Durkheim’s and Weber’s footsteps, Raymond Boudon32. Collective identity and the constructive and destructive forces of modernity, Shmuel N. EisenstadtAppendixThe trail of a scholarA scholarly portrait, Donald N. LevineBibliography Index of PersonsIndex of Subjects