E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm
The Transformation of Muslim Societies Around the World
E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm
ISBN: 978-0-231-52746-0
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
The historical and geographical sweep of this book discredits the notion of a specific Islamic demography. The range of fertility among Muslim women, for example, is as varied as religious behavior among Muslims in general. Whether agnostics, fundamentalist Salafis, or al-Qaeda activists, Muslims are a diverse group that prove the variety and individuality of Islam. Youssef Courbage and Emmanuel Todd consider different degrees of literacy, patriarchy, and defensive reactions among minority Muslim populations, underscoring the spread of massive secularization throughout the Arab and Muslim world.
In this regard, they argue, there is very little to distinguish the evolution of Islam from the history of Christianity, especially with Muslims now entering a global modernity. Sensitive to demographic variables and their reflection of personal and social truths, Courbage and Todd upend a dangerous meme: that we live in a fractured world close to crisis, struggling with an epidemic of closed cultures and minds made different by religion.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
- Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Der Islam und die Moderne (Westliche) Welt
- Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 20./21. Jahrhundert
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
- Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Leben & Praxis
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction: Clash of Civilizations or Universal History
1. The Muslim Countries in the Movement of History
2. Crises of Transition
3. The Arab Family and the Transition Crisis
4. Other Muslim Women: East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
5. At the Heart of Islam: The Arab World
6. The Non-Arab Greater Middle East
7. After Communism
8. Matrilocal Asia
9. Sub-Saharan Africa
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes