RT Book
T1 Muslim history and social theory: a global sociology of modernity
T2 The modern Muslim world
T2 Palgrave pivot
A1 Jung, Dietrich
LA English
PP Cham
PB Palgrave Macmillan
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/886533767
AB This book combines contemporary discussions on modernity with the history of the Muslim world. From a heuristic perspective, it is sketching out a framework for a global sociology of modernity. This framework attempts to accommodate a core assumption of classical modernization theory - the global nature of modernity - with the pluralistic perspective of the rise of a multiplicity of historically concrete forms of modernities. It tries to reconcile a universalistic concept of modernity with the fact of modernity’s multiple historical realizations. At the same time, this discussion of contemporary social theory puts forward a critique of the still so conveniently applied equation of modernization with Westernization. In empirical terms, the book substantiates this critique in drawing its exemplary illustrations from the historical experience of Muslim peoples. Bringing Muslim history and discussions in social theory together, this book represents a synthesis of research efforts in sociology and Islamic studies.
CN JQ1758-1852
SN 9783319526072
SN 9783319526089
K1 Political Science
K1 Islam
K1 Religion : History
K1 History, Modern
K1 World history
K1 Middle East : Politics and government
K1 Soziologie
K1 Moderne
K1 Muslim
K1 Geschichte
K1 Gruppe
K1 Selbstverständnis
K1 Islamwissenschaft
K1 Islamische Staaten