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Eisenstadt, Shmuel Noah was born on September 10, 1923 in Warsaw, Poland. Arrived in Israel, 1935. Son of Michael and Rosa (Baruchin) Eisenstadt.
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Essays originally published in 1956-1957, emphasizing analysis of under-developed countries and the political structure. Part II is devoted to Israel.
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These essays by a leading figure in the field of comparative macro-sociology elucidate some central aspects of European society through a comparative study of civilizations. Topics discussed include basic characteristics and dynamics of European civilization and modernity, center-periphery relations in small European states, socialism and tradition, European tradition and the crisis of European liberalism, and the Kemalist Revolution in a comparative perspective.
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The essays in this volume are the product of an interdisciplinary research seminar on "The Early State in Africa", conducted during the 1979-1980 academic year at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This seminar was one of a series of seminars on comparative civilizations. The participants included historians, sociologists, political scientists, and specialists in comparative religion, who shared an interest in the emergence and dynamics of the state in Africa and were concerned with trying to understand its origins and its various manifestations on the continent.
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S. N. Eisenstadt is well known for his wide-ranging investigations of modernization, social stratification, revolution, comparative civilization, and political development. This collection of twelve major theoretical essays spans more than forty years of research, to explore systematically the bases of human action and society. Framed by a new introduction and an extensive epilogue, which are themselves important statements about processes of institutional formations and cultural creativity, the essays trace the major developments of contemporary sociological theory and analysis. Examining themes of trust and solidarity among immigrants, youth groups, and generations, and in friendships, kinships, and patron-client relationships, Eisenstadt explores larger questions of social structure and agency, conflict and change, and the reconstitution of the social order. He looks also at political and religious systems, paying particular attention to great historical empires and the major civilizations. United by what they reveal about three major dimensions of social life—power, trust, and meaning—these essays offer a vision of culture as both a preserving and a transforming aspect of social life, thus providing a new perspective on the relations between culture and social structure.
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S. N. Eisenstadt, one of the world's leading social theorists, provides a monumental synthesis of Japanese history, religion, culture, and social organization. Equipped with a thorough command of the literature, Eisenstadt explores the Japanese historical legacy and its impact on the Japanese experience of modernity. Eschewing the polemicism of structuralist or culturalist approaches, he expands his investigative framework to include a keenly systematic, broadly comparative analysis. What emerges is an innovative new construction, focusing on the nonideological character of Japanese civilization as well as its infinite capacity to recreate community through an ongoing past.
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"The general as well as the more scholarly discourse on democracy has long been guided by two contradictory assumptions. On the one hand it has been assumed that there is a natural human predisposition to democracy, an assumption increasingly prevalent and popular following the breakup of the Soviet regime and many authoritarian regimes in Southern Europe and Latin America. On the other hand, it has been assumed from their very inception that democratic regimes were aware of their fragility. This awareness was built, to some degree, on the political discourse of antiquity, but it was rooted above all in the direct experience of the modern era."--from the introduction Paradoxes of Democracy is an essay on the inherent weaknesses and surprising strengths of democratic government by one of the most productive and learned scholars in the social sciences. Shmuel Eisenstadt opens with observations on divergent theories of democracy and closes with a discussion of mechanisms by which democratic regimes incorporate into their own structures the movements of protest that seem to challenge their existence. In between he courses through the roots of democratic theory in modern culture, the contradictions and tensions prompted by those roots, and some of the historical manifestations of contradiction. Eisenstadt focuses on the most important conditions -- especially on different patterns of collective identity -- which influence the extent to which democratic regimes are able to incorporate themes of protest and social movements and thus ensure their common survival.
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"The general as well as the more scholarly discourse on democracy has long been guided by two contradictory assumptions. On the one hand it has been assumed that there is a natural human predisposition to democracy, an assumption increasingly prevalent and popular following the breakup of the Soviet regime and many authoritarian regimes in Southern Europe and Latin America. On the other hand, it has been assumed from their very inception that democratic regimes were aware of their fragility. This awareness was built, to some degree, on the political discourse of antiquity, but it was rooted above all in the direct experience of the modern era."–from the introduction Paradoxes of Democracy is an essay on the inherent weaknesses and surprising strengths of democratic government by one of the most productive and learned scholars in the social sciences. Shmuel Eisenstadt opens with observations on divergent theories of democracy and closes with a discussion of mechanisms by which democratic regimes incorporate into their own structures the movements of protest that seem to challenge their existence. In between he courses through the roots of democratic theory in modern culture, the contradictions and tensions prompted by those roots, and some of the historical manifestations of contradiction. Eisenstadt focuses on the most important conditions―especially on different patterns of collective identity―which influence the extent to which democratic regimes are able to incorporate themes of protest and social movements and thus ensure their common survival.
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Eisenstadt, Shmuel Noah was born on September 10, 1923 in Warsaw, Poland. Arrived in Israel, 1935. Son of Michael and Rosa (Baruchin) Eisenstadt.
Master of Arts, Hebrew University Jerusalem, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Hebrew University Jerusalem, 1947. Postdoctoral studies, London School of Economics, 1948.
Doctor in Political Science (honorary), University Helsinki, 1986. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Harvard University. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Tel Aviv University.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Hebrew Union College, 1992. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Duke University, 2002. Doctor (honorary), Central European University, Budapest, 2003.
Doctorate (honorary), University Warsaw, 2005.
With Hebrew University Jerusalem, 1946—2010, chairman department sociology, 1951-1969, Rose Isaacs professor sociology, 1959—2010, dean Faculty Social Sciences, The Eliezer Kaplan School of Economics, 1966-1968. Fellow Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1955-1956. Visiting member London School of Economics, 1958, Swedish College Advanced Social Sciences, Uppsala, 1993, 94, 95, 96.
Visiting professor University Oslo, 1958, University Chicago, 1960, 71, 89-95, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-1963, Harvard University, 1968-1969, 75-81, University Michigan, 1970, University Zurich, 1975, Stanford University, 1984, 86, 87, 88, 89, University Washington, 1986, Max Weber Kolleg, Erfurt U.1996, 98. Distinguished visiting professor University Alberta, 1989, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, 2000, others. Tanner lecturer on human values University California, 1989.
Fellow Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Wassenaar, 1973. Simon visiting professor University Manchester, 1978. Visiting fellow Australian National University, 1978.
Research fellow Hoover Institute, 1986-1989. Max Weber visiting professor University Heidelberg, 1997. Visiting professor Erfurt University, 1998, 99.
Guest scholar Wilson Center International Exchg., Washington, 1996, 98. Meisterklasse University Konstanz, 1999. Honorary research fellow Institute Sociology Chinese Academy Social Sciences.
Honorary fellow Open University, Tel Aviv, 2000.
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(These essays by a leading figure in the field of comparat...)
(Essays originally published in 1956-1957, emphasizing ana...)
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Author: The Absorption of Immigrants, 1955, second edition, 1978, From Generation to Generation, 1956, second edition, 1970, Essays on Sociological Aspects of Political and Economic Development, 1961, The Political Systems of Empires, 1963, 69, Modernization, Protest and Change, 1966, Israeli Society, 1968, Political Sociology of Modernization (Japanese), 1968, Tradition, Change and Modernity, 1975, (with M. Curelaru) The Form of Sociology, 1976, Revolution and the Transformation of Societies, 1973, (with L. Roniger) Patrons, Clients and Friends, 198, (with A. Shachar) Culture, Society and Urbanization, 1987, Transformation of Israeli Society, 1985, European Civilization in a Comparative Perspective, 1987. Editor: Comparative Social Problems, 1964, The Decline of Empires, 1967, Comparative Perspectives on Social Change, Post-Traditional Societies, 1973, Origins and Diversity of Axial Age Civilizations, 1986, (with L. Roniger and A. Seligman) Centre Formation, Protest Movements and Class Structure in Europe and the United States, 1987, Patterns of Modernity, 1987, (with M. Abitol and N. Chazan) The Early State in African Perspective, 1988, (with I. Silber) Knowledge and Society: Studies in the Sociology of Culture, Past and Present, 1988, Power, Trust and Meaning, 1995, Japanese Civilization-A Comparative View, 1996, Die Antinomien der Moderne: Die Jakobinischen Grundzuge der Moderne und des Fundamentalismus, 1998, Fundamentalism, Secretarianism and Revolution, 1999, Paradoxes of Democracy: Fragility Continuity and Change, 2000, Die Vielfalt der Moderne, 2000, The Jewish Historical Experience in a Comparative Perspective and Its Manifestations in Israeli Society, 2003, Comparative & Multiple Modernities, other books in the field. Contributor numerous articles to professional journals.
Medical editorial board Comparative Studies in Society and History, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Comparative Politics, American Behavioral Scientist, Comparative Political Studies, Youth and Society, Journal Political and Military Sociology, Civilizations, other professional journals.
President Israel Council Community Relations, 1960—1964. Chairman academy advisory council Ben Zvi Institute, 1995—1999. Fellow Israel Society Association (honorary), Israel Society Society, Open University Israel, British Academy (correspondent).
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate), American Sociological Association (McIver award 1964), International Sociological Association (committees on political sociology, social stratification), American Philosophical Society, Institute Comparative Civilizations (Brussels), Society for the Study of International Problems (trustee Switzerland), Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel Council Community Relations (chairman 1960-1964), Israeli Sociological Association (president 1969-1971).
Married Shulamith Yaroshevsky, September 6, 1948. Children: Michael, Irit Meir, Alexander.