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Comparison and Classification of Systems of the Social Order

Comparison and Classification of Systems of the Social Order © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 Review of Rabbinic Judaism 13.2 Also available online – brill.nl/rrj DOI: 10.1163/157007010X536320 COMPARISON AND CLASSIFICATION OF SYSTEMS OF THE SOCIAL ORDER Jacob Neusner Institute for Advanced Theology, Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000, USA jneusner@frontiernet.net Keywords Social order, comparison of systems, philosophical versus religious systems A system of the social order effects the coherence of the rules and conceptions of a distinct social entity and makes of those rules and conceptions a single construction. The mark of a social order is its capacity to say the same thing about many things and repeatedly to answer in one self-evidently valid way an urgent question raising diverse issues. While systems of the social order exhibit diversity, they invari- ably construct in accord with a single governing model their theory of society. On that account—the uniformity of systemic construction—we compare and classify a selection of such systems. Some systems of the social order may undertake modes of thought of a philosophical character and others may appeal to religious traits of mind, argument, and exposition. A philosophical system forms its learning inductively and syllogisti- cally. That is by appeal to the neutral evidence of the rules shown http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Review of Rabbinic Judaism Brill

Comparison and Classification of Systems of the Social Order

Neusner, Jacob
Review of Rabbinic Judaism , Volume 13 (2): 253 – Jan 1, 2010
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© 2010 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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10.1163/157007010X536320
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 Review of Rabbinic Judaism 13.2 Also available online – brill.nl/rrj DOI: 10.1163/157007010X536320 COMPARISON AND CLASSIFICATION OF SYSTEMS OF THE SOCIAL ORDER Jacob Neusner Institute for Advanced Theology, Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000, USA jneusner@frontiernet.net Keywords Social order, comparison of systems, philosophical versus religious systems A system of the social order effects the coherence of the rules and conceptions of a distinct social entity and makes of those rules and conceptions a single construction. The mark of a social order is its capacity to say the same thing about many things and repeatedly to answer in one self-evidently valid way an urgent question raising diverse issues. While systems of the social order exhibit diversity, they invari- ably construct in accord with a single governing model their theory of society. On that account—the uniformity of systemic construction—we compare and classify a selection of such systems. Some systems of the social order may undertake modes of thought of a philosophical character and others may appeal to religious traits of mind, argument, and exposition. A philosophical system forms its learning inductively and syllogisti- cally. That is by appeal to the neutral evidence of the rules shown

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Published: Jan 1, 2010

Keywords: Social order; philosophical versus religious systems; comparison of systems

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