ISLAM UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MODERNITY

The article proposes a possible methodological perspective for conceptualizing Islam and modernity in the context of the dichotomy “traditional vs. modern”. The author outlines the different images of Islam in their specific sociological profiles as related to (and stemming from) the canon of...

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Main Author: Veselin Bosakov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KD Mapro 2015-04-01
Series:Journal of Process Management. New Technologies
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Online Access:http://www.japmnt.com/images/Volume%203/Issue%202/5.%20ISLAM%20UNDER%20THE%20CONDITIONS%20OF%20MODERNITY.pdf
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spelling doaj-40cc32dde32d44428d7fe5c716435f6e2020-11-24T23:56:55ZengKD MaproJournal of Process Management. New Technologies2334-735X2334-74492015-04-01323035ISLAM UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MODERNITYVeselin Bosakov0Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge, Sofia, BulgariaThe article proposes a possible methodological perspective for conceptualizing Islam and modernity in the context of the dichotomy “traditional vs. modern”. The author outlines the different images of Islam in their specific sociological profiles as related to (and stemming from) the canon of norms that constitute the Islamic community and construct community ties, the basic resource of which are religious values. A scrutiny of the modes of difference and otherness through the lense of neighbourhood reveals otherness to be a latent conflict factor susceptible to political mobilization and populist manipulation. The author identifies the problem fields that generate the clash between secularism and Islam. http://www.japmnt.com/images/Volume%203/Issue%202/5.%20ISLAM%20UNDER%20THE%20CONDITIONS%20OF%20MODERNITY.pdfmodernityIslamidentitycommunityneighbourhood
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ISLAM UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MODERNITY
Journal of Process Management. New Technologies
modernity
Islam
identity
community
neighbourhood
author_facet Veselin Bosakov
author_sort Veselin Bosakov
title ISLAM UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MODERNITY
title_short ISLAM UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MODERNITY
title_full ISLAM UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MODERNITY
title_fullStr ISLAM UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MODERNITY
title_full_unstemmed ISLAM UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MODERNITY
title_sort islam under the conditions of modernity
publisher KD Mapro
series Journal of Process Management. New Technologies
issn 2334-735X
2334-7449
publishDate 2015-04-01
description The article proposes a possible methodological perspective for conceptualizing Islam and modernity in the context of the dichotomy “traditional vs. modern”. The author outlines the different images of Islam in their specific sociological profiles as related to (and stemming from) the canon of norms that constitute the Islamic community and construct community ties, the basic resource of which are religious values. A scrutiny of the modes of difference and otherness through the lense of neighbourhood reveals otherness to be a latent conflict factor susceptible to political mobilization and populist manipulation. The author identifies the problem fields that generate the clash between secularism and Islam.
topic modernity
Islam
identity
community
neighbourhood
url http://www.japmnt.com/images/Volume%203/Issue%202/5.%20ISLAM%20UNDER%20THE%20CONDITIONS%20OF%20MODERNITY.pdf
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