《反思现代性》是以色列希伯莱大学著名教授、社会学家、重要的现代化理论家艾森斯塔特 (Shmuel N．Eisenstadt)有关现代性研究的一部论文集。作为现代化理论“修正派”的代表性人物, 艾森斯塔特力主“多元现代性”概念。他认为多元现代性的一个共同的核心是“高度的反思性”,认为理解当代世界——实际上是解释现代性的历史——的最好方法是,将其视为文化方案多样性不断构建和重构的一个故事。本书在宏观的历史比较中分析了现代性在西方社会和非西方社会的不同时期的不同发展模式,并对现代化的“经典”理论和马克思、涂尔干、韦伯的古典社会学分析以及当代的“文明的冲突”论与“历史的终结”论提出了批评。本书中文版即将由北京三联书店出版。这里发表的是作者撰写的导言部分。 “Reflection on Modernity” is a collection of dissertations on modernity by Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, a famous professor and sociologist at Hebrew University and an important modern theorist. As a representative figure of the “revisionist” of modernization theory, Eisenstadt advocated the concept of “pluralism and modernity.” He believes that a common core of pluralistic modernity is “a high degree of reflectiveness,” arguing that the best way to understand the contemporary world - indeed, the history of modernity - is to see it as a constant construction of cultural diversity And reconstruction of a story. This book analyzes the different modes of development of modernity in different periods of Western and non-Western societies in macro-historical comparison. It also analyzes the “classical” theory of modernization and the classical sociological analysis of Marx, Durkheim and Weber as well as contemporary The “clash of civilizations” theory and “the end of history” put forward criticisms. The book Chinese version is about to be published by Beijing Joint Publishing. Posted here is an introduction by the author.