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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... regime in Egypt and the central Ottoman regime implement Westernization programs for military modernization . The Ottoman elites continue efforts to strengthen their state through Westernizing reforms . Russian advances in Turkestan and ...
... regime . Those currents eventually led to the abandonment of the Ottoman experiment . The Ottoman regime's decision to side with Germany and Austria- Hungary in World War I resulted in the permanent loss of Arab provinces and in the ...
... regime of Persia adopted a constitution in 1909. The successor Pahlavi regime enacted further reforms similar to those of Turkey , styling itself the heir of the Achaemenid rulers of antiquity . The first Pahlavi Shah even changed the ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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