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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... concept of citi- zenship . It addresses the issue in terms of the tension between contrary ideals and trends of ... concepts , Salam considers ( Foucault's ) three elements of individualism - awareness of self as both a singular and ...
... concept of citizenship leading to what has come to be widely recog- nized as forming its main features and components in the modern world . The second tries to identify in classical Islam the elements upon which the development of the ...
Understanding the Islamic Crisis John W. Jandora. Gellner , Ernest , Concept of Kinship : And Other Essays on ... Concepts ( Oxford : Blackwell Publishers , 1997 ) . Ethics in Orthodox Islam Ali , Syed Ameer , The Ethics of Islam ( Dacca ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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