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- The debate about the compatibility of modernity and (the) Islamic tradition is, at this point, centuries old. This article analyzes some of its most recent expressions. The guiding question here is one about the meaning(s) of modernity and its impact on our general understanding of this particular religious tradition. We are often led to believe that this tradition is uniquely ill-equipped to absorb or make use of modernityâs conceptual repertoire and its supposed liberating power. It therefore follows that the proponents of Islam and of liberalism are at odds with each other, primarily due to the assumption that they occupy different paradigms of understanding, knowledge, and even of hopes and aspirations. This article seeks to identify some elements of this, arguably erroneous, presumption by presenting an overview of several oft-repeated arguments related to modernity and Islamic ethics. Modernity, as it relates to shifting public conceptions of freedom in Muslim-majority societies, has proven to have tremendous mobilizing power. Social actors continuously contest such ideas as freedom, religion, and related issues in the realm of civil society. One such discursive shift underway is the âArab Springâ, arguably one of the strongest indicators of the ongoing process of modernity within Arab societies on multiple levels â a process that is deeply unsettling and entirely open-ended in terms of cultural and socio-political outcomes.
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- HUMANIORA -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Filosofi (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- Philosophy (hsv//eng)
- HUMANIORA -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Religionshistoria (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- History of Religions (hsv//eng)
- HUMANIORA -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Idé- och lärdomshistoria (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- History of Ideas (hsv//eng)
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- modernity; alternative modernities; religious revival; Muslim ethics; Islamic tradition; General Works
- Historia
- History
- Filosofi
- Philosophy
- Philosophy of Religion
- Religionsfilosofi
- Religionshistoria
- History of Religions
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