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Title
Muslim history and social theory : a global sociology of modernity / Dietrich Jung.
ISBN
9783319526089 (electronic book)
3319526081 (electronic book)
9783319526072
3319526073
9783319526072
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
BP166.14.M63 J86 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.6/97
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 04, 2017).
Series
Modern Muslim world.
Chapter 1: Introduction: Searching for Similarities
Chapter 2: Multiple, Entangled, and Successive Modernities: Putting Modernity in the Plural
Chapter 3: Functional Differentiation, Theories of Emergence, and World Society: The Macro Level of Modernity
Chapter 4: Contingency, Modern Subjectivity, and Cultural Types: The Micro Level of Modernity
Chapter 5: Modernization, Organization, and Global Cultural Scripts: The Meso Level of Modernity
Chapter 6: Conclusions: Emerging Global Modernity.
