附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-218) and index.
Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: Traditional Societies and Modernity-Approaches to the Study of Foreign Cultures; PART ONE: BETWEEN TWO ALTERNATIVES; PART TWO: THE ECONOMIC ETHICS OF RUSSIAN-ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY; PART THREE: THE PLACE OF INDIVIDUALISM IN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX TRADITION AND IN THE WEST; Epilogue: Trials and Errors Since the October Revolution; Appendix: The Concept of Adequate Causation in Comparative Cultural Studies; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of Names.
摘要:This work aims to identify the uniqueness of the Russian-Orthodox religious tradition and to contrast it with two of the characteristics of modern Western society - its particular economic ethics and individualism. Max Weber and Louis Dumont provide the theoretical framework.
