European multiple modernity as an interzivilisational constellation - The transformation of Europe through European integration and enlargement in a globalizing world
2010 | journal article. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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Spohn W. European multiple modernity as an interzivilisational constellation - The transformation of Europe through European integration and enlargement in a globalizing world. Berliner Journal für Soziologie. 2010;20(1):5-22. doi:10.1007/s11609-010-0120-1.
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- Authors
- Spohn, Willfried
- Abstract
- In interdisciplinary and sociological research on Europe, Euro-centric modernization premises are still dominant, i.e, the explanation of the European multi-level regime on the basis of transnational spill-over mechanisms originating from modernizing national societies in Europe. In contrast, this article will outline an inter-civilizational multiple modernities approach to Europe, based on the work of Shmuel Eisenstadt. Such an approach needs to focus on: 1. the multiplicity of modernization trajectories and modernities, particularly in view of the transformation processes in postcommunist Central and Eastern Europe; 2. the international and inter-civilizational relations and encounters between European and non-European civilizational complexes; and 3. the global role of Europe and the global impact on Europe in a globalizing world. Only in considering such an inter-civilizational and global context is it possible to adequately conceptualize, analyze and explain the dynamics of the European integration and enlargement process.
- Issue Date
- 2010
- Status
- published
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Sozialwissenschaften-gwv Fachverlage Gmbh
- Journal
- Berliner Journal für Soziologie
- ISSN
- 0863-1808