Społeczeństwo obywatelskie i sfery publiczne w perspektywie porównawczej
Public Spheres and Civil Society in Selected Pre-modern Societies: Some Comparative Observations
Author(s): Shmuel N. EisenstadtSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: modernity; pre-modern civilizations; comparative analysis; public sphere; civil society
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present a comparative analysis of the constitution of public spheres and civil societies in several pre-modern civilizations – the Islamic, the Indian and the European Christian ones – and their possible impact on the crystalization in modern societies thereof. The analysis is undertaken in the frameworks of the comparative study of civilizations and of multiple modernities. (trans. into Polish by Aleksander Manterys)
Journal: Studia Socjologiczne
- Issue Year: 182/2006
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 5-35
- Page Count: 30
- Language: Polish