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Shmuel N. Eisenstadt

Shmuel N. Eisenstadt

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
59
Citations
13565
World Ranking
1570
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Holberg Prize, Government of Norway "for developing comparative knowledge of exceptional quality and originality concerning social change and modernization, and concerning relations between culture, belief systems and political institutions"
  • 1988 - International Balzan Prize
  • 1982 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Shmuel N. Eisenstadt was affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel throughout their academic career. Their scholarly contributions included work in the field of social change, modernization, and the relations between culture, belief systems, and political institutions.

Eisenstadt collaborated with other scholars, notably co-authoring work with Yael Azmon.

The scientist produced book publications, including one titled Sozialismus und Tradition, published in 2025 by Mohr Siebeck eBooks.

Eisenstadt received several significant awards during their lifetime. These included the Holberg Prize awarded by the Government of Norway in 2006, recognized "for developing comparative knowledge of exceptional quality and originality concerning social change and modernization, and concerning relations between culture, belief systems and political institutions." They were also the recipient of the International Balzan Prize in 1988 and became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1982.

Best Publications

  • The Political Systems of Empires

    Shmuel N. Eisenstadt

  • The axial age: the emergence of transcendental visions and the rise of clerics

    Shmuel N. Eisenstadt

  • Modernization: Protest and Change

    S. N. Eisenstadt

  • The Construction of Collective Identity

    Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt;Bernhard Giesen

  • From Generation to Generation

    Shmuel N. Eisenstadt

  • Patrons, Clients and Friends: Interpersonal Relations and the Structure of Trust in Society

    S. N. Eisenstadt;Luis Roniger

  • Tradition, change, and modernity

    Shmuel Eisenstadt

  • Patron—Client Relations as a Model of Structuring Social Exchange

    S. N. Eisenstadt;Louis Roniger

  • The Origins and diversity of axial age civilizations

    S. N. Eisenstadt;Werner-Reimers-Stiftung;Makhon le-meḥḳar ʿal shem Heri S. Ṭruman;Mosad Ṿan Lir bi-Yerushalayim

  • The Absorption of Immigrants.

    W. D. Borrie;S. N. Eisenstadt

  • Comparative civilizations and multiple modernities

    Shmuel Eisenstadt

  • Cultural Orientations, Institutional Entrepreneurs, and Social Change: Comparative Analysis of Traditional Civilizations.

    S. N. Eisenstadt

  • Traditional patrimonialism and modern neopatrimonialism

    S. N. Eisenstadt

  • Climate Change and the Integrity of Science

    Jennifer Sills;P. H. Gleick;R. M. Adams;R. M. Amasino

  • Die Vielfalt der Moderne

    S. N. Eisenstadt

  • The Reconstruction of Religious Arenas in the Framework of `Multiple Modernities'

    S.N. Eisenstadt

  • Fundamentalism, Sectarianism, and Revolution: The Jacobin Dimension of Modernity

    Shmuel Eisenstadt

  • Max Weber: On Charisma and Institution Building

    Michael G. Scott;S. N. Eisenstadt

  • Political Clientelism, Patronage and Development

    René Lemarchand;S. N. Eisenstadt

  • Axial civilizations and world history

    Jóhann Páll Árnason;Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt;Björn Wittrock

  • Multiple Modernities in an Age of Globalization

    Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt

  • Patrons, Clients and Friends: Interpersonal Relations and the Structure of Trust in Society

    J. Davis;S. N. Eisenstadt;L. Roniger

Frequent Co-Authors

Lewis A. Coser
Lewis A. Coser Brandeis University
Anthony D. Smith
Anthony D. Smith London School of Economics and Political Science

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