Multiple Modernities, Civil Society And Islam: The Case of Iran And Turkey - Couverture rigide

Kamali, Masoud

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0853230897 ISBN 13 : 9780853230892

Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Turkey and Iran consider themselves modern Islamic statesthough with radically different status in todays social and political world. In Multiple Modernities, Civil Society and Islam, Kamali explores the historical factors that have shaped such dissimilar Muslim states, including the continued influence of Europe and the United States. Kamalis assertion that the Muslim world is far more multifaceted and pluralistic than generally portrayed is a message particularly relevant today. The attacks on the World Trade Centre in New Yorkand the Pentagon in Washington DC are covertly and, in manycases, even overtly considered as the clash of civilizations. Itis presented as a sign of a conflict between the modern,democratic, and secularised civilization of the Western worldand the traditional, non-democratic, and religious Islamicworld. The post-September 11th changes have created anenvironment where human societies have been over-simplified, dividing the world into two sides along an axis of us andthem. This challenging study reveals that there is no Islamic world, no single tradition of modernity, but multiple patternsof socio-political developments in different Muslim countrieswith both common features and differences.

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• Éditeur: Liverpool University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0853230897
• ISBN 13: 9780853230892
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
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