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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... Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddima ( Prolegomena , or Introduction to History ) , which presents a new concept of historiography . It focuses on man in society and offers theories of social change and state formation as a prelude to rethinking the ...
... Ibn Khaldun , the nucleus of society and state was the tribe , and for Villani , the city - state . Ibn Khaldun asserted that he never saw a book like his own . What that meant is not sufficiently clear . In any case , it is certainly ...
... Ibn Khaldun insists that respect of merit in an individual , class , or group is a key virtue — the loss of that quality is the first indicator of a people's decline . Ibn Khaldun did not expound on this point ; however , it likely ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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