Multiple Modernities, Civil Society and Islam: The Case of Iran and TurkeyTurkey and Iran consider themselves modern Islamic states - though with radically different status in today's social and political world. Explores the historical factors that have shaped such dissimilar Muslim states, including the continued influence of Europe and the United States. Kamali's 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 York and the Pentagon in Washington DC are covertly and, in many cases, even overtly considered as 'the clash of civilizations'. It is presented as a sign of a conflict between the modern, democratic, and secularised civilization of the Western world and the traditional, non-democratic, and religious Islamic world. The post-September 11th changes have created an environment where human societies have been over-simplified, dividing the world into two sides along an axis of us and them. This challenging study reveals that there is no Islamic world, no single tradition of modernity, but multiple patterns of socio-political developments in different Muslim countries with both common features and differences--Publisher's blurb. |
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Multiple Modernities and Social Theory | 6 |
Islam Civil Society and Modernization | 27 |
The West Russia and the Modernization of Iran and Turkey | 49 |
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