The Comparative Civilizations Review publishes analytical studies and interpretive essays primarily concerned with (1) the comparison of whole civilizations, (2) the development of theories and methods especially useful in comparative civilization studies, (3) accounts of intercivilizational contacts, and (4) significant issues in the humanities or social sciences studied from a comparative civilizational perspective.
Current Number: Number 1: 2025
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Articles
Civilization: The Gaze of Photography
William Alexander Ewing
The Fragrance Muse: Musk as a Symbolic Tapestry in Classical Persian Poetry
Akbar Shirini, Shen Xudong, and Zhao Dan
Resisting Islamophobia: “Westophobia” in Social Media
Peter O'Brien and Jordan Nelson
Academic Civilization: Expansion and Development
Inbar Gotlib Gotlib-Rivkin
Beyond Earth: Strategic Pathways to a Multiplanet Civilization and the Case for Mars Settlement
Andrew Targowski
Towards the Systematic Cross-Civilizational Comparison: How Civilizations Work - Case 1: The Monotheistic Civilization
Liah Greenfeld
Essay
Comments
In Remembrance of Carolyn Potter
Joseph Drew
What Guides the ISCSC?
Lynn Rhodes
Book Reviews
Book Review: Max Weber's Sociology of Civilizations: A Reconstruction
Stephen T. Satkiewicz
Books of Interest Fall 2025
Stephen T. Satkiewicz