States Without Citizens: Understanding the Islamic CrisisTerrorist attacks on America and its allies and persistent violence in the Islamic world point to a crisis in Islamic society, which States without Citizens attributes to an unfulfilled quest for an Islamic renaissance. The Islamic states, whose borders were arbitrarily imposed by Western states, are beset by pervasive socioeconomic problems—authoritarian rule, economic inequities, educational shortcomings, development project failures, sexual frustration—that are being exploited by radical Islamists. Native attempts to modernize Islamic society by adopting Western ways have repeatedly foundered because they have sought to replicate the trappings of state power while neglecting their foundation in civic ethics. To mitigate the violence engendered by the Islamic crisis, the author recommends that culturally authentic institutions must be created that will instill a civic ethics of common cause and public service. |
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... Hourani , Albert , op . cit . and Mardin , Serif , op . cit . 93 It should be noted here that " the Arabic - speaking Christians had not this problem , as observes Hourani , but a distinctive one of their own . Europe was not alien to ...
... Hourani , Albert , “ Ottoman Reform and the Politics of Notables " in Polk , William R. and Chambers , Richard L. , op . cit . , pp . 41–68 . 111 Davison , Roderic H. , op . cit . , p . 126 . 112 Generally see , Mardin , Serif , op ...
... Hourani , Albert , A History of the Arab Peoples , Cambridge , 1991 , Part IV . 118 On the changing meaning of Watan , see Lewis , Bernard , op . cit . , pp . 40–41 and 60–63 ; on Tahtawi see Hourani , Albert , op . cit . , p . 69 and f ...
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Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
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