Civilization, modernity, and critique : engaging Johann P. Arnason's macro-social theory / [edited by] Ľubomír Dunaj, Jeremy C.A Smith, Kurt C.M. Mertel.

Preface / Axel Honneth -- Introduction / Ľubomír Duna -- The being of the political and instituting doing in question : reflections on Johann P. Árnason's Thought / Suzi Adams -- Long-term developmental processes as an unintended consequence of human action : some theoretical and methodological questions of historical sociology / Jiří Šubrt -- World regions and the unpacking of multiple modernities : a pluralistic view of global sociological theory / Saïd Amir Arjomand -- Ways out of the modern labyrinth : normative expectations and subsequent social change / Peter Wagner -- Politics and the social imaginary : the problem of the state -- and the problem of modernity / Wolfgang Knöbl -- Situating Johann P. Árnason's civilizational analysis within left-Heideggerianism / Kurt C.M. Mertel -- The axial age and multiple modernities philosophical reflections on the universal claims of European civilization / Hans Schelkshorn -- Traditions of transcendence. A hermeneutic appropriation of the axial age discourse / Hans-Herbert Kögler -- A secularity sui generis? On the historical development of conceptual distinctions and institutional differentiations in Japan / Christoph Kleine, Monika Wohlrab-Sahr -- Overwriting the Orient and the Islamosphere : religio-civilizational imaginaries via East-West entanglements / Armando Salvatore, Kieko Obuse -- Religious-political problematic in civilizational analysis : reflections on the Russia's trajectory / Yulia Prozorova -- Regionality and civilizations in the Americas : considerations on civilizational analysis in the context of American modernities / Jeremy Smith -- Replies to criticisms and suggestions / Johann P. Árnason.

"Civilization, Modernity, and Critique provides the first comprehensive, cutting edge engagement with the work of one of the most foundational figures in civilizational analysis: Johann P. Arnason. In order to do justice to Arnason's seminal and wide-ranging contributions to sociology, social theory and history, it brings together distinguished scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds and geographical contexts. Through a critical, interdisciplinary dialogue, it offers an enrichment and expansion of the methodological, theoretical, and applicative scope of civilizational analysis, by addressing some of the most complex and pressing problems of contemporary global society. A unique and timely contribution to the ongoing task of advancing the project of a critical theory of society, this volume will appeal to scholars of sociology and social theory with interests in historical sociology, critical theory and civilizational analysis"-- Provided by publisher.