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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... Western society in his- tory . First , it is necessary to acknowledge the gaps in parallelism . Western differs from Islamic ; the former term is geographic and the latter cultural . The use of West and Western is actually an arbitrary ...
... West's social , economic , and political organization as well as its educational philosophy . Such awareness posed dilemmas of modernization for most of the Ottoman ruling elite . Their goal was an increase in state power , not a rad ...
... Western attitudes and changes in Arab and Moslem atti- tudes vis - à - vis the West . As to the former , the West - as noted earlier - had encouraged the establishment of " representative " and " participatory " institutions in the ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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