Original scientific paper

Islamic World and Modernity

Fahrudin Novalić ; Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Islamic world, during of the modernization of West, has stagnated. In the best case, it has, step by step, maked progress. Spectrum of contemporary societies of islamic world is very different – from traditional to demokratic of societies. Tradition and modernity can be in common, if a modernization autonomic work and if an old doesn’t destroy, than transforms. Without one’s own of reflexion and of autonomic modernization, islamic world will be poor and undeveloped world as and all poor countries during of planetary domination of neoliberalism and mondialization of west modernity; then on the understandings of islamic conservatism. By autonomic modernization, islamic world will become more powerful and more respectable subject of global communication. It should make some suppositions for a overcoming of islamic conservatism, too.

Keywords

identity; islamic world; modernity; development; tradition

Hrčak ID:

37068

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/37068

Publication date:

18.2.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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