Japan’s Tradition and Modernity in Eisenstadt’s Sociological Formulation

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S. N. Eisenstadt (1923-2010) was an Israeli sociologist renowned for his fruitful and diversified research. Among his many contributions, one of particular interest to cultural interaction studies is his comparative analysis of civilizations. This branch of study took shape early in Eisenstadt’s career and later developed into a grand theoretical framework which attempts to outline and explain the different paths from tradition to modernity in different societies with a particular focus on conceptual, structural, and institutional changes. From this framework came Eisenstadt’s study of Japanese civilization, which claims Japan occupies a unique position in world history for its not having followed a “regular” route towards modernity. This paper explores Eisenstadt’s macro-sociological, theory-oriented characterization of Japan and tries to indicate both the advantages and the limitations of his unconventional methodology and perspective.

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