Civil Society and Public Spheres in a Comparative Perspective
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The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Publication date: 2006-06-30
Polish Sociological Review 2006;154(2):143-166
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to present a comparative analysis of the constitution of public spheres
and civil societies in several pre-modern civilizations—the Islamic, the Indian, and the European Christian
ones—and their possible bearing on the crystallization in modern societies thereof.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This is the text on which the lecture at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Warsaw, delivered in October 27th, 2005 was based.