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050	0	0	_aDS57 _b.D53 2010
090			_aDS 57 .D53 2010
100	1		_aDjaït, Hichem. _9126586
245	1	0	_aIslamic culture in crisis : _ba reflection on civilizations in history / _cHichem Djaït.
260			_aNew Brunswick, N.J. : _bTransaction Publishers, _c2010.
300			_axxix, 204 p. ; _c24 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
520	8		_aIslamic Culture in Crisis examines efforts by intellectuals and leaders in the Islamic world to adapt to what Hichem Djait calls the "incredible novelty of modernity" that has come to Europe during the past 150 years. The chapters in the work are grouped into three sections, and were written by the author over a twenty-year period. Djait describes the different meanings of modernity, the crisis of Islamic culture in its encounter with modernity, similarities and differences between Arabs and Muslims and other cultures, the politics of the Arabs, and the force of democracy in the Islamic world. In the sphere of politics, the Arabs have been excluded from history for a very long time. Instead, Turks, Mongols, Berbers, Persians, and Caucasians have led the destinies of the Islamic world, a domain that had become politically fragmented. But history has overlooked the concrete developments of that time, although they were full of consequences for the lives of the people. Paradoxically, what remains are the spiritual, trans-historic elements: religion, culture, and science. Contrasting the achievements of other civilizations, both past and present, Djait demonstrates eloquently that Arabs and Muslims will not be able to connect with the modern world unless they are able to be inspired by a supreme ambition to further the causes of high culture--in knowledge, science, art, literature, and other spheres. --Book Jacket.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_aIslamic civilization. _9126587
650		0	_aIslamic countries _xIntellectual life. _9126589
650		0	_aEast and West. _9126590
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