Browsing CMI Open Research Archive by Author "Tjomsland, Marit"
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A Discussion of Three Theoretical Approaches to Modernity: Understanding Modernity as a Globalising Phenomenon
Tjomsland, Marit (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1996)The paper compares the potential of three theories of modernity for explaining the current Islamist revival as an element of modernising Muslim societies. The theories discussed are rationalist fundamentalism as represented ... -
Collective Identities and Social Movements
Stokke, Hugo; Tjomsland, Marit (Research report, Research report, 1996)This report gives an overview of theories and approaches to the study of social identities, drawing on recent literature in the field. It argues that the study of social identities should be linked to the social outlets ... -
Negotiating the "In-between". Modernizing Practices and Identities in Post-colonial Tunisia
Tjomsland, Marit (Research report, Research report, 1992)The study focuses on the Tunisian post-colonial process of modernization and its effects on Tunisians of different generations, gender, and educational backgrounds. Interviews with illiterates as well as university graduates ... -
Women and Islamisation - Carving a New Space in Muslim Societies
Ask, Karin; Tjomsland, Marit (Research report, Research report, 1997)The diversity in Muslim women's religious practices and positions within contemporary resurgent Islam, often referred to as "Islamic fundamentalism", has so far been given little attention. The different chapters in this ...