Islam and the Cultural Accommodation of Social Change
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0813384370
ISBN 13
9780813384375
Category
Common Room
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Publication Year
1991
Publisher
Pages
273
Subject
Islamic sociology; Islamic countries -- Social conditions; Islam -- 20th century; Islamic civilization; Civilization, Islamic.
Abstract
The author takes his thesis - "Crisis of Modern Islam" - in new directions in this book. A critique of Islam as a social system, the book argues that cultural patterns within Islam - especially in the areas of law, language and education - retard its capacity to accommodate rapid social change.
Number of Copies
1
