Keywords
China, Chinese civilization, social reality, civilizational analysis
Abstract
The Rise of China and the Concept of Civilization: Constructing a Conceptual Apparatus for Cross-Civilizational Comparisons
The paper examines the deficiencies of the current understanding of “civilization” in the social science literature, among others exemplified by “civilizational analysis,” and proposes a new concept that adds to the conceptual apparatus of sociological theory — a new, fully independent of others, variant of the cultural process. This independence makes distinctions between civilizations as the root cause of socio-cultural diversity.
Combined with the idea of humanity as a culturally constituted reality sui generis, this concept allows the construction of the theoretical scaffolding necessary for systematic cross-civilizational comparison and a comprehensive understanding of social life.
Recommended Citation
Greenfeld, Liah
(2025)
"The Rise of China and the Concept of Civilization: Constructing a Conceptual Apparatus for Cross-Civilizational Comparisons,"
Comparative Civilizations Review: Vol. 92:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol92/iss1/5
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