The rise of historical sociology

TLDR: In the post-war resurgence of historical sociology, the sociologist as patriot three ways to persuade Citizenship and social class Order and justice old empires, new nations: Eisenstadt and Lipset Ideology and social conflict: Marshall and Bendix 3. Taking Flight Injustice and domination Human interdependence: Bloch and Elias Feudal society The civilizing process as discussed by the authors.

Abstract: Preface List of figures 1. Like a Phoenix Rising The post-war resurgence of historical sociology What is historical sociology? Three phases of post-war historical sociology 2. Out of the Ashes War and peace The end of ideology? The American way: Parsons and Smelser Interpreting social dynamism Handling and channeling social change A laboratory report The sociologist as patriot Three ways to persuade Citizenship and social class Order and justice Old empires, new nations: Eisenstadt and Lipset Ideology and social conflict: Marshall and Bendix 3. Taking Flight Injustice and domination Human interdependence: Bloch and Elias Feudal society The civilizing process An uppity generation? Two critical rationalists: Moore and Thompson Social origins of dictatorship and democracy The making of the English working class Moral codes and human choice States and social revolutions Comparing and explaining Skocpol, Trotsky and Eisenstadt The politics of social policy Counter-revolution Collective action Coercion, capital and European states Reason and revolution: Skocpol and Tilly 4. Soaring High History from above Two Marxian perspectives: Anderson and Wallerstein From ancient Greece to absolutist monarchy The figures of descent The capitalist world-economy Comparing Wallerstein and Anderson Infrastructures of power: Braudel and Mann Evolution and discontinuity (1) The longue duree The Mediterranean world Civilization and capitalism The sources of social power Greece and Rome The European dynamic Classes, nations, states and warfare Constructing theories: Runciman and Giddens The methodology of social theory Social evolution Structuration or evolution? From class-divided to class societies Surveillance and citizenship Nationalism Evolution and discontinuity (2) 5. Historical Sociology in the 1990s Historical sociology as an intellectual field Established and outsiders Involvement and detachment Exploration, generalization and theory Strategies of explanation Historical sociology and capitalist democracy The first phase: democracy expounded The second phase: democracy exposed The third phase: capitalism explored and exposed The fourth phase: democracy re-examined A new audience for historical sociology The future of the past Notes Bibliography Index