S. N. Eisenstadt (1923–2010)
Author of On Charisma and Institution Building: Selected Writings
About the Author
Shmuel N. Eisenstadt teaches at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is frequently a visiting professor at American universities.
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Works by S. N. Eisenstadt
On Charisma and Institution Building: Selected Writings (1968) — Editor; Introduction, some editions — 97 copies
The Political Systems of Empires: The Rise and Fall of the Historical Bureaucratic Societies (1963) 38 copies, 1 review
Patrons, Clients and Friends: Interpersonal Relations and the Structure of Trust in Society (1984) 10 copies
Paradoxes of Democracy: Fragility, Continuity, and Change (Woodrow Wilson Center Press) (1999) 7 copies
Jewish Civilization: The Jewish Historical Experience in a Comparative Perspective (Suny Series in Israeli Studies) (1992) 7 copies
Power, Trust, and Meaning: Essays in Sociological Theory and Analysis (Heritage of Sociology S) (1995) 7 copies
Revolution and the Transformation of Societies: A Comparative Study of Civilizations (1978) 5 copies
Social differentiation & stratification (Scott, Foresman introduction to modern society series) (1971) 5 copies
The absorption of immigrants : a comparative study based mainly on the Jewish community in Palestine and the state of Israel (1975) 4 copies
Explorations in Jewish Historical Experience: The Civilizational Dimension (Jewish Identities in a Changing World,) (2004) 3 copies
The Great Revolutions and the Civilizations of Modernity (International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology) (I (2006) 3 copies
The absorption of immigrants 2 copies
Prophets Their Times and Social Ideas: A Marxist Interpretation of the Old Testament (1971) 2 copies
Kulturen der Achsenzeit II. Ihre institutionelle und kulturelle Dynamik.: Teil 1 China, Japan (1992) 2 copies
European Civilization in a Comparative Perspective: A Study in the Relations Between Culture and Social Structure (Scandinavian Library) (1987) 2 copies
Fundamentalismo e modernidade: heterodoxias, utopismo e jacobinismo na constituicao dos movimentos fundamentalistas (1997) 2 copies
Pinkas Zinkov; gedenkbukh 1 copy
דרכי התעמולה בחברה המודרנית 1 copy
Multiple Modernities 1 copy
Comparative social problems 1 copy
Micro Sociological Theory 1 copy
Associated Works
The Greater Middle East in Global Politics : Social Science Perspectives on the Changing Geography of the World Politics (2007) — Contributor — 5 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Eisenstadt, Shmuel Noah
- Other names
- Aiznstadt, Semuel Noah
Aiznstadt, Semuel N.
Aiznstadt, Semuel
Eisenstadt, S. N.
Eisenstadt, Samuel
Eisenstadt, Shmuel - Birthdate
- 1923-09-10
- Date of death
- 2010-09-02
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Occupations
- sociologist
- Organizations
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem Van Leer Institute
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Israeli Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
National Academy of Sciences (show all 7)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences - Awards and honors
- McIver Prize of the American Sociological Association (1964)
Rothschild Prize in Social Sciences (1970)
Israel Prize (Social Sciences, 1973)
International Balzan Prize (1988)
Max Planck Award for Social Sciences (1994)
Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences (2001) (show all 11)
Humboldt Research Award (2002)
EMET Prize in Sociology (2005)
Holberg International Memorial Prize (2006)
Honorary Doctorate (University of Warsaw, 2005)
Honorary Degree (Harvard University) - Nationality
- Israel
Poland (birth) - Birthplace
- Warsaw, Poland
- Place of death
- Jerusalem, Israel
- Associated Place (for map)
- Warsaw, Poland
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Reviews
The Political Systems of Empires: The Rise and Fall of the Historical Bureaucratic Societies by S. N. Eisenstadt
A classic study of empires as political systems.
Covers the foundations of Prophecy and the Prophetic Movement. This book traces the history of the movement, the political activity of the Prophets, and the cultural legacy of the Prophetic Movement. Translated from the Yiddish by Max Rosenfeld.
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