Comparative Civilizations Review, No. 95, 2026
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol95/iss95/24
Table of Contents
Guest Editor’s Introduction ¾ Liah Greenfeld and the Future of Comparative Civilizational Studies
Monika………………………………………………………………….. 1
Liah Greenfeld: A Reflection from the President of the Comparative Civilizations Forum
Bibi Pelić……………………………………………………………….. 7
From the Editor-in-Chief ¾ Liah Greenfeld: Scholar, Thinker, Friend
Joseph Drew…………………………………………………………… 9
Applying Liah Greenfeld’s Comparative Civilizations Framework
Introduction to Liah Greenfeld’s Scholarship on Nationalism, Civilizations, and Humanity
Zeying Wu……………………………………………………………. 12
Towards the Systematic Cross-Civilizational Comparison: How Civilizations Work Case 3: The Chinese Case
Tiantian Wu………………………………………………………….. 24
A Historical Inquiry into the CPC’s Century-Long Evaluation of Confucianism and Its Return to the “Great Unity” Cultural Tradition
Ye Liu………………………………………………………………….. 51
The First Principles of Chinese Civilization: Relationalism and Pragmatism
Sai Zhang and Yongnian Zheng………………………………. 80
Temporal Legitimacy and Civilizational Logic: A Sociological Perspective on the Foundational Principles of Chinese Civilization
Yuk Man Cheung…………………………………………………. 111
Cognitive Foundations of the Absence of Antisemitism in Japan: Towards A Civilizational Perspective
Chikako Takeishi…………………………………………………. 130
Children’s Literature as a Site of Cross-Civilizational Analysis: Hong Kong in Crisis after 2019
Faye Dorcas Yung Schwendeman………………………….. 150
The “Original Spirit” of Chinese Civilization: Wang Huning and the Indigenization of Reform in Post-Mao China
Chandler Rosenberger………………………………………….. 166
The Concept of a ‘State-Civilization’ in Russia: The Contest for National Dignity in the Form of a Civilizational Analysis
Ivan Nokhrin……………………………………………………….. 176
Shifting Faith Among Indigenous People in Arunachal Pradesh, India: Revisiting Greenfeld’s Civilizational Framework
M. Amin Khan……………………………………………………………………………… 185
The Family as a Mechanism of Civilizational Continuity: Absorption, Localization, and Rejection of Modern Values in the Indic Case
Monika……………………………………………………………………………… 200
Reflections on Liah Greenfeld’s Scholarship
Liah Greenfeld and Civilizational Dialogue: For Continuing a Legacy
Manindra Nath Thakur……………………………………………………………………………… 214
Reflection on Liah Greenfeld’s Influence on My Work: National Consciousness and the Sociological Imagination
Oliver Benoit……………………………………………………………………………… 219
Unconventionality in Liah Greenfeld’s Thought
Francesco Duina……………………………………………………………………………………………. 223
Following Through Dialogues: A Chinese Scholar’s Reminiscence of Professor Liah Greenfeld
Xinqi Jia……………………………………………………………………………… 229
Liah Greenfeld on Antisemitism as a Defining Characteristic of the Monotheistic Civilization
Efraim Karsh……………………………………………………………………………… 235
Was Love Invented in Sixteenth-Century England? A Few Comments on Liah Greenfeld’s Theory of Emotions
Dmitri Panchenko……………………………………………………………………………… 243
Greenfeld’s Unpublished Lecture Notes
Professor Greenfeld’s Last Class: Notes for online lectures on “The Science of Humanity,” delivered to students and scholars primarily from India, July 2025
Liah Greenfeld……………………………………………………………………………… 249
