Islam in global modernity : sociological theory and the diversity of Islamic modernities / Dietrich Jung.
Jung, Dietrich, 1959- author.
2023
BP163
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Title Islam in global modernity : sociological theory and the diversity of Islamic modernities / Dietrich Jung.
Author Jung, Dietrich, 1959- author.
ISBN 9783658399542 (electronic bk.)
3658399546 (electronic bk.)
9783658399535
3658399538
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-39954-2
Published Wiesbaden, Germany : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-658-39954-2 doi
Call Number BP163
Dewey Decimal Classification 909.097671
Summary 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 author 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.
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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.

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