The Comparison of Civilizations: Louis Dumont on India and the West

The social anthropological/sociological oeuvre of Louis Dumont (1911-98) embraced continents: the contrast between the defining ideologies of traditional and modern societies was his central concern. Traditional society represented by India and modern society represented by the West were respectively considered by him to exemplify the principles of holism/hierarchy and individualism/equality.…

Faith, Existence and Culture

Christ as Word: Gospel and Culture

The Aquatic Civilization of Middle Africa

Between the ninth and third millennia B.C. wetter conditions prevailed over most of Africa. Lakes and rivers were fuller and some of the internal basins were temporarily linked, especially in the 'Middle African' belt. This comprises the southern Sahara and Sahel, stretching from the Upper Niger to the Middle Nile,…

Toward Unity of Culture: A Program for a Program

Ethics in Popular Culture

The Enumeration of Civilizations

Culture in the Bible and the Culture of the Minjung

Culture, Society and Contextual Theologies

Moral Cultures and Moral Logics

Culture, Religion, and Theology

Modernity and civilization in Johann Arnason’s social theory of Japan

Johann Arnason’s exploration of the historical constellation of East Asia has helped reproblematize the conceptual framework of modernity and civilization. This article outlines Arnason’s innovations in civilizational analysis and social theory in the field of comparative studies of Japan. It sets out the terms on which a nuanced elaboration of…

Christianity and Civilization

Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization?

Christianity and Civilization

Islam as a Special World-System

Reimagining Islam in DiasporaThe Politics of Mediated Community

Contemporary Islamic Intellectual History: A Theoretical Perspective

Overcoming Religious Secular Divide: Islam’s Contribution to Civilization

Toward a Muslim Constructive Role In the Contemporary World Civilization

the islamic civilization

Islamic Civilization Between Medina and Athena

Islam and the West: Testing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Thesis

“The clash of civilizations and universal human values”

Islam and Image

Civilization and State Formation in the Islamic Context: Re-Reading Ibn Khaldūn

Civilization and Its Effect on Indian Character

World history, civilizational analysis and historical sociology: Interpretations of non-Western civilizations in the work of Johann Arnason

The Origin and Development of Lowland Classic Maya Civilization

Steinschneider’s Contribution to the Study of Muslim Civilization

Literature in the Context of Islamic Civilization

Islamic Civilization and the Legend of Political Failure

The Hierarchy of Knowledge in Islamic Civilization

Axial civilizations, multiple modernities, and Islam

The Evolution of Civilization

The First Symposium on Civilization Studies

Complexity Rising: From Human Beings to Human Civilization, a Complexity Profile

Civilization and Progress

Civilization and Progress

Science, energy, ethics, and civilization

Civilization and Progress

Cities of Culture, Cities of Civilization

Cities in civilization

Three Visions of History and Theory

The Interrelations of Societies in History

Culture Contact on the Fringe of Civilization

Culture and Dialogue

Cultural Foundations for Economic Development

Crafts versus a Technological Civilization

Civilizations in Dispute: Historical Questions and Theoretical Traditions

Civilizations in Dispute: Historical Questions and Theoretical Traditions; Axial Civilizations and World History

Civilization, Culture and the New Barbarians

Civilization in a Historical and Global Perspective

Civilization as a Phase of World History

Civilization and Liberty

Civilization and its Sources

Civilization and Ambivalence

Wars and the Rise of Industrial Civilization, 1640-1740

War and Civilization in the Future

War and Civilization

War and Civilization

War and Civilization

Walsh’s The Climax of Civilization: Socialism; and Feminism

Vested Interests and Civilization

Toward An Understanding of Culture

Two Theories of Civilization

Trees: Symbols of Unification, Love, and Peace among Civilizations

Toward a Civilization of Work

Torture and Civilisation

The Influence of Food on Civilization

The Coming Civilization

The Unit of Civilization

The Status of Women as a Standard of ‘Civilization’

The Significance of Transportation to Civilization

The Rôle of Philosophy in the History of Civilization

The Relevance of Cultural Conditioning for Social Ethics

The Propaganda of Civilization

The Problem of Civilization in the Twentieth Century

The Problem of Civilization

The Position of Women in Early Civilization

The Place of Civilization in Modern Foreign Language Teaching

The Physical Dangers of Civilization

The Origins of Civilization

The Influence of Chemistry on Civilization

The Genealogy of Civilization

The Erotic South: Civilization and Sexuality in American Abolitionism

The empire of political thought: civilization, savagery and perceptions of Indigenous government

The Diseases of Civilization

The Concept of Civilization

The Civilizational Dimension of Modernity: Modernity as a Distinct Civilization

The Birthplace of Civilization

The Basis of Civilization

The Attitude of Society toward the Child as an Index of CivilizationAuthor

Cultural Studies, Critical Theory and Critical Discourse Analysis: Histories, Remembering and Futures

Ten Thousand Cultures, A Single Civilization

Technology, Energy, and Civilization: Some Historical Observations

Surveying the Path from Savagery to Civilization

Civilization

Study in Civilization

Spengler’s Theory of Civilization