The Cultural Turn and the Civilizational Approach
Johann P. Arnason
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, MELBOURNE/CHARLES UNIVERSITY, PRAGUE
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Johann P. Arnason is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University,Melbourne, and visiting professor at the Faculty of Human Studies, Charles University
Prague. He was editor of
Thesis Eleven from 1987 to 2003. Recent publicationsinclude:
Civilizations in Dispute: Historical Questions and Theoretical Traditions(Leiden, 2003);
Axial Civilizations and World History (ed., with S.N. Eisenstadt andBjörn Wittrock; Leiden,2005); forthcoming:
Encounters and Interpretations: Essaysin Civilizational Analysis
. [email: J.Arnason@latrobe.edu.au] ■
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