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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... ( later Iran ) and the Arab provinces ( later successor states ) of the Ottoman Empire . Governmental and intellectual leaders pursued the dual track of importing institutions from the modern West while constructing historic links to ...
... later in his homeland ( against French occupation ) . He had to flee Syria and so went to British Palestine . There , he established the Black Hand organization in 1930 and led it in anti - British and anti - Zionist activity until he ...
... later successes of the revolts in the Balkans . Hence , the first responses to them came in the form of an increased awareness of the need to reorganise the army on modern bases and to develop education - mainly as an attempt to master ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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