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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... values and institutions of the West . They likewise define the solution in terms of whether Islamic society can attain democracy . This debate may serve an ideological self - need , but it is logically nonsen- sical because Islamic ...
... values . The same processes also instill the belief that the ideas of freedom , rights , civil society , constitu- tionalism , civic duty , and citizenship have equal value and meaning in all societies . But this is overly idealistic ...
... values , ( 2 ) using projects to reinforce those values , and ( 3 ) assigning members of different clans and sects , as feasible , to each " club " and to each of its project groups . A committee of reform - oriented native educators ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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