A Discussion of Three Theoretical Approaches to Modernity: Understanding Modernity as a Globalising Phenomenon

dc.contributor.author	Tjomsland, Marit
dc.date.accessioned	2008-03-05T07:56:38Z
dc.date.accessioned	2017-03-29T09:12:50Z
dc.date.available	2008-03-05T07:56:38Z
dc.date.available	2017-03-29T09:12:50Z
dc.date.issued	1996
dc.identifier.issn	0804-3639
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2435948
dc.description.abstract	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 by Ernest Gellner, what may be called Muslim fundamentalism as represented by Akbar Ahmed, and a relativist approach as represented by Anthony Giddens.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Chr. Michelsen Institute
dc.relation.ispartofseries	CMI Working paper
dc.relation.ispartofseries	WP 1996: 2
dc.subject	Islamism
dc.subject	Islam
dc.subject	Modernity
dc.subject	Theory of modernity
dc.title	A Discussion of Three Theoretical Approaches to Modernity: Understanding Modernity as a Globalising Phenomenon
dc.type	Working paper