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Islam in Global Modernity

Sociological Theory and the Diversity of Islamic Modernities

Dietrich Jung (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 216 Seiten

2023 | 1st ed. 2023
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-39953-5 (ISBN)

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This book combines sociological theorising with studies on the Middle East and Islam. The diversity of modernities that can be observed in our world is linked to the claim of living in a global modernity, in a world society. The book underpins this claim with numerous excursions into Islamic history. It criticises the view that modernisation can be equated with westernisation and considers different projects of specifically Islamic modernities as integral parts of world society. From this perspective, the study contributes to the "provincialisation" of European history in contemporary social scientific thought. Contrary to the theories of postcolonialism associated with the call for the provincialisation of Europe, however, this book adheres to essential traditions of classical sociology. It thus aims to make a contribution to the social theoretical discussion on modernity, which is empirically underpinned with the help of data from the history of the Middle East and Islam.

The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

Dr Dietrich Jung is Professor in the Department of History and Director of the Center for Modern Middle East and Muslim Studies at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) in Odense.

Foreword.- By way of introduction: Islam, modernity, modernities and the "provincialisation" of Europe.- Islam and modernity: A sketch of scholarly engagement with the Middle East and Islam.- Islam and the multiplicity of modernity: Multiple, successive and intertwined modernities.- Islam and the unity of modernity: Modernity as "empty progression".- Islam and the emergence of modernity: World society as emergent social reality. Islam and the unity of modernity: modernisation as "empty progression".- Islam and the emergence of modernity: world society as emergent social reality.- Islam and the modern subject: contingency, identity and subject cultures.- Islam and modern "world culture": organisations, institutions and social actors.- In conclusion: World society and the Islamic discourse of modernity.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.01.2023
Zusatzinfo	XI, 216 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Wiesbaden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	300 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
Schlagworte	Criticism of Orientalism • Islam • Islamic Reform Movement • Islamic Studies • Middle East • Modernity • Multiple Modernities • Postcolonialism • Provincialisation of Europe • Social Theory • World Culture • World Society
ISBN-10	3-658-39953-8 / 3658399538
ISBN-13	978-3-658-39953-5 / 9783658399535
Zustand	Neuware