This article addresses three recent developments in historical sociology: (1) neo-Weberian historical sociology within International Relations; (2) the âcivilizational analysisâ approach utilized by scholars of âmultiple modernitiesâ; and (3) the âthird waveâ cultural turn in US historical sociology. These developments are responses to problems identified within earlier forms of historical sociology, but it is suggested each fails to resolve them precisely because each remains contained within the methodological framework of historical sociology as initially conceived. It is argued that their common problem lies in the utilization of âideal typesâ as the basis for sociohistorical analysis. This necessarily has the effect of abstracting a set of particular relations from their wider connections and has the further effect of suggesting sui generis endogenous processes as integral to these relations. In this way, each of the three developments continues the Eurocentrism typical of earlier approaches. The article concludes with a call for âconnected historiesâ to provide a more adequate methodological and substantive basis for an historical sociology appropriate to calls for a properly global historical sociology.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09557570903433639
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