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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... individual ) in the capacity of citizen . • That relation is defined as citizenship . • The key determinant of ethics , or right conduct , is reciprocity : that is , expecting return of " favors . " • The impulse to right conduct is ...
... individual in his singularity and by the degree of independence conceded to him vis - à - vis the group to which he ... individual . Very representative of that school of thought , with respect to classical Islam is Franz Rosenthal , 24 ...
... individual was supposed to do or not to do . Individual salvation depended in the first place on acting in concert with the rest of society and in acting for the good of one's fellow men.2 25 There can be no doubt that Islamic tradition ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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