Politicization of Islamic re-traditionalism: Some preliminary notes

The author discusses the relationship between Islam and modernization. He finds that Islam has not receded into the background; on the contrary, with the acceleration of modernization it has begun to play a new role. Faced with the inevitability of change, traditionalists feel obliged to grant conce...

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Main Author: Sayari, Sabri Mustafa (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Croom Helm 1984
In: Islam and politics in the modern Middle East
Year: 1984, Pages: 119-128
Further subjects:B Modernization
B Islamische Länder / Islamische Welt Islam Modernization
B Islam
B Islamic countries
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Summary:The author discusses the relationship between Islam and modernization. He finds that Islam has not receded into the background; on the contrary, with the acceleration of modernization it has begun to play a new role. Faced with the inevitability of change, traditionalists feel obliged to grant concessions to modernizers. Conversely, confronted with lingering traditional institutions, symbols and norms, the modernizers need to justify change by resort to traditional premises. Thus, the relationship between Islam and modernization in the Middle East is not uni- but curvilinear. (DÜI-Asd)
Contains:In: Islam and politics in the modern Middle East