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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... thought , belief , behavior , and material production that depends on man's capability to learn and transmit knowledge to succeeding gen- erations . Thus , culture is manifested in customs , myth , literature , history , theological or ...
... thought from their time up to the present . The same may be said for individualism and literary autonomy . Indi- vidualism is reflected in the self - consciousness of Petrarch's autobio- graphical letters , dialogues with famous Romans ...
... thought centers would be to complement other proj- ects for reforming ethics and education . The centers could serve as com- missions to review the progress of the futûwa or curriculum - revision projects . They could also sponsor the ...
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Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
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