In addition to primary sources that discuss what this phenomena is, how would you describe what the Jhanas are to a person unfamiliar with any sort of meditation practice?
Jhanas are the practice to pause the present unwholesome mind. While jhāna mind are arising, there are no any wholesome mind can arise, whole hours or whole day. Jhāna is basis of insight meditation.
How do they differ across different sects/schools?
They are same in meditation. It just difference in a few detail.
How are they viewed sociologically or philosophically from OUTSIDE the lens of a practitioner or one who believes in the concept of enlightenment to begin with?
The jhāna practitioner looks very judicious, worshipful.
TL; DR seeking primary source information on Jhanas/Dhyanas. What is their history? How do they differ across schools/sects? How would an outsider or an academic understand them?
- Path of Purification https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nanamoli/PathofPurification2011.pdf
- Path of Freedom
http://urbandharma.org/pdf1/Path_of_Freedom_Vimuttimagga.pdf - Pa-Auk tawya Monastery
http://122.155.190.19/revata/index.php?option=com_sectionex&view=category&id=6&Itemid=108#catid8
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