...S. N. Eisenstadt Abstract The problem of the relations between religious and political organizations and systems has been of long standing in the broad field of comparative historical studies and in the sociology of religion. The work of Max Weber, although more explicitly focused on the relations...

...S. N. Eisenstadt Oriental Despotism: A Comparative Study of Total Power . By Karl A. Wittfogel . New Haven : Yale University Press , 1957 . xix, 556 . Notes, Bibliography, Indices. $7.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1958 1958 1 This summary...

...Richard P. Madsen Revolution and the Transformation of Societies . By S. N. Eisenstadt . New York : The Free Press , 1978 . xvi, 348 pp. Notes, Index. $15.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1979 1979 VOL. XXXVIII, No. 4 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES AUGUST 1979 Book...

...Gilbert Rozman Japanese Civilization: A Comparative View . By S. N. Eisenstadt . Chicago and London : University of Chicago Press , 1997 . xii, 581 pp. $39.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997 BOOK REVIEWS JAPAN 1099 Japanese Civilization...

...C. K. Yang The Political Systems of Empires . By S. N. Eisenstadt . New York : The Free Press of Glencoe , 1963 . xix , 524 . Appendices, [no price]. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1964 1964 BOOK REVIEWS The Political Systems of Empires. By S. N. EISENSTADT. New...

...Anne Walthall Japanese Models of Conflict Resolution . Edited by S. N. Eisenstadt and Eyal Ben-Ari . London : Kegan Paul International , 1990 . xi, 238 pp. £45.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 408 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES which refers...

... . The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life . Trans. Swain Joseph Ward . New York : Free Press . Eisenstadt S. N. , ed. 1986 a. “The Axial Age Breakthrough in China and India.” In Eisenstadt 1986c. Eisenstadt S. N. , ed. 1986 b. “The Axial Age Breakthroughs—Their Characteristics and Origins...

... is not destroyed, but . . . it becomes an important channel of change." Some of the contributors agree with Ishwaran on the adaptability of Indian tradition and others do not. S. N. Eisenstadt in a perceptive opening essay on historical Indian civilization and its modern alteration suggests that the apparent...

...Cyril E. Black Patterns of Modernity . Vol. 2: Beyond the West . Edited by S. N. Eisenstadt . New York : New York University Press , 1987 . viii, 233 pp. $30.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 568 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES the Cape of Good Hope...

...Jeffrey Wasserstrom Reflections on Multiple Modernities: European, Chinese, and Other Interpretations . Edited by Dominic Sachsenmaier and Jens Riedel , with Shmuel N. Eisenstadt . Leiden : Brill , 2002 . 314 pp. $55.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...

... in a prestigious series. The English of volume 1 sometimes adheres too closely to a Dutch original at the expense of fluent and idiomatic English. J O H N E. WILLS, J R . University of Southern California Patterns of Modernity. Vol. 2: Beyond the West. Edited by S. N . EISENSTADT. New York: New York University...

... RIEDEL, with SHMUEL N . EISENSTADT. Leiden: Brill, 2002. 314 pp. $55.00 (cloth). While reading this book, knowing that I would be writing a review as soon as I finished, I found myself struggling with the most fitting adjective to use to describe it in my opening sentence. Should I begin by calling...

... channel of change." Some of the contributors agree with Ishwaran on the adaptability of Indian tradition and others do not. S. N. Eisenstadt in a perceptive opening essay on historical Indian civilization and its modern alteration suggests that the apparent continuity between traditional and modern arises...

...-Style Art of Eurasia, by SCHUYLER CAMMANN The Study of Oriental Despotisms as Systems of Total Power, by s. N. EISENSTADT 53 60 67 76 80 86 92 99 105 215 223 232 436 BOOK REVIEWS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ASIA AND PACIFIC: GENERAL Bauer, Peter T., and Basil S. Yamey, The Economics of Under-developed...

... remains to be seen. PAMELA J. ASQUITH University of Calgary Japanese Models of Conflict Resolution. Edited by S. N . EISENSTADT and EYAL B E N - A R I . London: Kegan Paul International, 1990. xi, 238 pp. £45.00. Sumo can be read as a metaphor for conflict resolution in Japan, or so argues Ben-Ami...

... shih-fan ta-hsueh, Li-shih yen-chiu-so's Li-shih hsueh-pao 11:1–38 (June 1983). A German version in Schluchter 1983:229–70. Metzger Thomas A. . 1984 a. “Eisenstadt's Analysis of the Relation between Modernization and Tradition in China.” The American Asian Review 2 .2: 1 – 87 . Also in Kuo...

.... The inspiration for this call for change comes from the works of Anthony Giddens, Shmuel Eisenstadt, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, and David Washbrook, among others. They have also argued for the necessity of expanding the concept of modernity and early modernity and emphasized multiple, parallel, and connected...

..., as opposed to a Protestant, spirit. The two other chapters in this volume also urge that scholars should creatively extend Weber's style of analysis, rather than quarrel with the details Weber himself provided. S. N. Eisenstadt argues that a reinterpretation of Weber's views of Chinese religion can help...

... Weber's style of analysis, rather than quarrel with the details Weber himself provided. S. N. Eisenstadt argues that a reinterpretation of Weber's views of Chinese religion can help to explain the revolutionary character of social transitions in recent Chinese history. Trevor Ling, in reviewing Chie...

... Kerala, and Stephen Tyler on Koya social organization in Andhra have a regional point of view. They are the most successful articles in the volume in delineating structural change, probably because they see it in the larger context suggested by Eisenstadt. They also offer theoretical viewpoints...