Sarah Harper (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- July 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780199251162
- eISBN:
- 9780191602740
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199251169.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This book explores the interactions between family and ageing in Western industrialised societies. It features 10 chapters. Chapters 1-3 provide and overview of the demographic and social factors in ...
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This book explores the interactions between family and ageing in Western industrialised societies. It features 10 chapters. Chapters 1-3 provide and overview of the demographic and social factors in aging societies. Chapters 4-5 address the specific roles and relationships emerging within contemporary families. Chapters 6-8 discuss the care and support for older relatives. Chapters 9-10 focus on topics that have received little attention — inheritance and the impact of family on the health of its members.Less
This book explores the interactions between family and ageing in Western industrialised societies. It features 10 chapters. Chapters 1-3 provide and overview of the demographic and social factors in aging societies. Chapters 4-5 address the specific roles and relationships emerging within contemporary families. Chapters 6-8 discuss the care and support for older relatives. Chapters 9-10 focus on topics that have received little attention — inheritance and the impact of family on the health of its members.
Cécile Laborde
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199550210
- eISBN:
- 9780191720857
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199550210.003.0011
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union, Political Theory
This chapter sums up the book's main arguments regarding a critical republican theory of citizenship. The book's critical republicanism reconstructs, criticizes, and improves on the official ...
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This chapter sums up the book's main arguments regarding a critical republican theory of citizenship. The book's critical republicanism reconstructs, criticizes, and improves on the official republican philosophy which brought about the 2004 ban on hijab and, more broadly, points to a progressive solution to multicultural controversies in Western societies. This chapter summarizes the book's main findings.Less
This chapter sums up the book's main arguments regarding a critical republican theory of citizenship. The book's critical republicanism reconstructs, criticizes, and improves on the official republican philosophy which brought about the 2004 ban on hijab and, more broadly, points to a progressive solution to multicultural controversies in Western societies. This chapter summarizes the book's main findings.
Andrew Moutu
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780197264454
- eISBN:
- 9780191760501
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197264454.001.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
This book is an ethnographic study of kinship and the nature and behaviour of ownership amongst the much-studied Sepik River Iatmul people. Until very recently, anthropology has remained a Western ...
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This book is an ethnographic study of kinship and the nature and behaviour of ownership amongst the much-studied Sepik River Iatmul people. Until very recently, anthropology has remained a Western analytical project for understanding and conceptualising non-Western societies, and was often geared towards the pragmatics of colonial and post-colonial interest. In the spirit of social science, it has formulated a rigorous method of research and a specialised language of description and analysis. Embedded within this approach are metaphysical assumptions about the nature of human society, culture, history, and so forth. This book provides the vantage point from which to rethink anthropology's central assumption about social relations by focusing on the way in which they are assumed and prefigured in the methodological approach in data gathering and in subsequent theorisation. It presents an ethnographic study of the nature of personhood, name and marriage systems, gender, understandings of kinship, and concomitant issues of ownership amongst the Sepik River Iatmul people, a people well known and of enduring importance to anthropology on either side of the Atlantic and in Australasia.Less
This book is an ethnographic study of kinship and the nature and behaviour of ownership amongst the much-studied Sepik River Iatmul people. Until very recently, anthropology has remained a Western analytical project for understanding and conceptualising non-Western societies, and was often geared towards the pragmatics of colonial and post-colonial interest. In the spirit of social science, it has formulated a rigorous method of research and a specialised language of description and analysis. Embedded within this approach are metaphysical assumptions about the nature of human society, culture, history, and so forth. This book provides the vantage point from which to rethink anthropology's central assumption about social relations by focusing on the way in which they are assumed and prefigured in the methodological approach in data gathering and in subsequent theorisation. It presents an ethnographic study of the nature of personhood, name and marriage systems, gender, understandings of kinship, and concomitant issues of ownership amongst the Sepik River Iatmul people, a people well known and of enduring importance to anthropology on either side of the Atlantic and in Australasia.
Kenneth Newton
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198295686
- eISBN:
- 9780191600043
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198295685.003.0008
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
Deals with three main topics: the nature and origins of social trust and its importance in society; trends in social trust in Western societies (with some comparisons with less developed societies); ...
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Deals with three main topics: the nature and origins of social trust and its importance in society; trends in social trust in Western societies (with some comparisons with less developed societies); and the relations between social and political trust, and their implications for theories of politics and society. In terms of the main concepts and measures of the book, and as outlined in the introductory chapter, social trust is a feature of the most basic level of community, while political trust refers primarily to attitudes about political institutions and leaders. The general assumption seems to be that social and political trust are closely linked, perhaps different sides of the same coin—social trust is regarded as a strong determinant of, or influence upon, political support of various kinds, including support for the political community, confidence in institutions, and trust in political leaders. As a result it is believed that the accumulation of social capital, in the form of social trust, will also result in the accumulation of political capital. Presents theory and evidence questioning these assumptions; it includes evidence comparing social trust in communal and modern societies, and of political trust in early modern and contemporary democracies.Less
Deals with three main topics: the nature and origins of social trust and its importance in society; trends in social trust in Western societies (with some comparisons with less developed societies); and the relations between social and political trust, and their implications for theories of politics and society. In terms of the main concepts and measures of the book, and as outlined in the introductory chapter, social trust is a feature of the most basic level of community, while political trust refers primarily to attitudes about political institutions and leaders. The general assumption seems to be that social and political trust are closely linked, perhaps different sides of the same coin—social trust is regarded as a strong determinant of, or influence upon, political support of various kinds, including support for the political community, confidence in institutions, and trust in political leaders. As a result it is believed that the accumulation of social capital, in the form of social trust, will also result in the accumulation of political capital. Presents theory and evidence questioning these assumptions; it includes evidence comparing social trust in communal and modern societies, and of political trust in early modern and contemporary democracies.
Damian Thompson
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- September 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780195178562
- eISBN:
- 9780199785070
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195178564.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter examines the significance of the year 2000 for Western society, evangelical Christianity, and Kensington Temple. It argues that in all three arenas, the millennium raised hopes that had ...
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This chapter examines the significance of the year 2000 for Western society, evangelical Christianity, and Kensington Temple. It argues that in all three arenas, the millennium raised hopes that had already been disappointed by the time it dawned. At Kensington Temple, a scheme to create a network of 2,000 churches by 2000, heavy with apocalyptic resonances, had to be abandoned in 1999; the theological maneuvering that followed illustrates what can happen when a charismatic strategy fails.Less
This chapter examines the significance of the year 2000 for Western society, evangelical Christianity, and Kensington Temple. It argues that in all three arenas, the millennium raised hopes that had already been disappointed by the time it dawned. At Kensington Temple, a scheme to create a network of 2,000 churches by 2000, heavy with apocalyptic resonances, had to be abandoned in 1999; the theological maneuvering that followed illustrates what can happen when a charismatic strategy fails.
Peter van der Veer
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691128146
- eISBN:
- 9781400848553
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691128146.003.0006
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
This chapter discusses secularism as a political project with its own utopian elements. Secularism refers to the growing importance of scientific knowledge that is not constrained by religious ...
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This chapter discusses secularism as a political project with its own utopian elements. Secularism refers to the growing importance of scientific knowledge that is not constrained by religious authority. Religion is sometimes taken to be an obstacle for scientific progress and secularism demands its removal for the benefit of societal development that is guided by scientific discovery and technological innovation. Secularization was seen by sociologists as an intrinsic and inescapable part of the modernization of Western society, with the assumption that this was something all societies had to go through. An alternative to post-Weberian arguments in sociology about religion and secularity is offered by theories that emphasize individual, rational choice in religious markets.Less
This chapter discusses secularism as a political project with its own utopian elements. Secularism refers to the growing importance of scientific knowledge that is not constrained by religious authority. Religion is sometimes taken to be an obstacle for scientific progress and secularism demands its removal for the benefit of societal development that is guided by scientific discovery and technological innovation. Secularization was seen by sociologists as an intrinsic and inescapable part of the modernization of Western society, with the assumption that this was something all societies had to go through. An alternative to post-Weberian arguments in sociology about religion and secularity is offered by theories that emphasize individual, rational choice in religious markets.
Hugh McLeod
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199298259
- eISBN:
- 9780191711619
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199298259.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter examines the wide-ranging role played by Christianity and the churches in Western societies in the 1940s and 1950s, and considers the limits of their influence and the new challenges ...
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This chapter examines the wide-ranging role played by Christianity and the churches in Western societies in the 1940s and 1950s, and considers the limits of their influence and the new challenges which they were facing. The years of the Second World War and then of the cold war boosted the sense of Christian national identity in many Western countries. The church building boom was accompanied by a relatively brief surge in church-going, which was probably strongest in the middle classes and among students. However, the biggest problem faced by most of the churches was still the lack of involvement, or even alienation, of the working class.Less
This chapter examines the wide-ranging role played by Christianity and the churches in Western societies in the 1940s and 1950s, and considers the limits of their influence and the new challenges which they were facing. The years of the Second World War and then of the cold war boosted the sense of Christian national identity in many Western countries. The church building boom was accompanied by a relatively brief surge in church-going, which was probably strongest in the middle classes and among students. However, the biggest problem faced by most of the churches was still the lack of involvement, or even alienation, of the working class.
Sarah Harper
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- July 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780199251162
- eISBN:
- 9780191602740
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199251169.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This chapter examines kin interactions to identify the demographic, socio-economic, and cultural factors that influence social contacts between kin in Western industrialised societies. Variations by ...
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This chapter examines kin interactions to identify the demographic, socio-economic, and cultural factors that influence social contacts between kin in Western industrialised societies. Variations by country show the most pronounced difference across all aspects considered. Variations by age are large, while those by socio-economic characteristics are smaller. The existence of kin is a precondition for interaction, and availability of kin is essential for some patterns of interaction.Less
This chapter examines kin interactions to identify the demographic, socio-economic, and cultural factors that influence social contacts between kin in Western industrialised societies. Variations by country show the most pronounced difference across all aspects considered. Variations by age are large, while those by socio-economic characteristics are smaller. The existence of kin is a precondition for interaction, and availability of kin is essential for some patterns of interaction.
THOMAS M. FRANCK
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199248094
- eISBN:
- 9780191707766
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199248094.003.0006
- Subject:
- Law, Law of Obligations, Human Rights and Immigration
This chapter examines one of the great claims advanced by individuals against compelled communitarian conformity: the claim to freedom of conscience. A necessary component of the new order is ...
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This chapter examines one of the great claims advanced by individuals against compelled communitarian conformity: the claim to freedom of conscience. A necessary component of the new order is flexibility on the part of states towards their citizens' increasing desire to design their own identities and to bond with various layers of affinity-based — but non-traditional — community. The precondition for realising that self-expression is a willingness of states (as well as religions and tribes) to respect individualism, conceding to persons the right to make key decisions regarding identity and to express that right in a broad range of political, cultural, social, and moral choices, including the right of exit. Unlike in the past, a formal accommodation by the state to personal individuation is now a reality. It is not even exceptional, although this transformation of expectations is not invariably evident in state practice.Less
This chapter examines one of the great claims advanced by individuals against compelled communitarian conformity: the claim to freedom of conscience. A necessary component of the new order is flexibility on the part of states towards their citizens' increasing desire to design their own identities and to bond with various layers of affinity-based — but non-traditional — community. The precondition for realising that self-expression is a willingness of states (as well as religions and tribes) to respect individualism, conceding to persons the right to make key decisions regarding identity and to express that right in a broad range of political, cultural, social, and moral choices, including the right of exit. Unlike in the past, a formal accommodation by the state to personal individuation is now a reality. It is not even exceptional, although this transformation of expectations is not invariably evident in state practice.
Joseph Epes Brown and Emily Cousins
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195138757
- eISBN:
- 9780199871759
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195138757.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, World Religions
This chapter focuses on the traditional arts of Native Americans. It looks into the spiritual perspectives and fundamental assumptions of traditional arts that are often misunderstood in Western ...
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This chapter focuses on the traditional arts of Native Americans. It looks into the spiritual perspectives and fundamental assumptions of traditional arts that are often misunderstood in Western society. The chapter also discusses Eskimo Shamanic art, Lakota animal images, and Navajo weaving.Less
This chapter focuses on the traditional arts of Native Americans. It looks into the spiritual perspectives and fundamental assumptions of traditional arts that are often misunderstood in Western society. The chapter also discusses Eskimo Shamanic art, Lakota animal images, and Navajo weaving.
Jeffrey C. Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195326222
- eISBN:
- 9780199944064
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326222.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Culture
This book explains why the Holocaust has come to be considered the central event of the 20th century, and what this means. It debates how the Holocaust has evolved over the years, and the profound ...
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This book explains why the Holocaust has come to be considered the central event of the 20th century, and what this means. It debates how the Holocaust has evolved over the years, and the profound effects it will have on the way we envision the future. Presenting controversial work, and following up with challenging and equally provocative responses to it, the book offers a sweeping historical reconstruction of the Jewish mass murder as it evolved in the popular imagination of Western peoples, as well as an examination of its consequences. The book's inquiry points to a broad cultural transition that took place in Western societies after World War II—from confidence in moving past the most terrible of Nazi wartime atrocities to pessimism about the possibility for overcoming violence, ethnic conflict, and war. The Holocaust has become the central tragedy of modern times, an event which can no longer be overcome, but one that offers possibilities to extend its moral lessons beyond Jews to victims of other types of secular and religious strife. Following the main chapter's controversial thesis is a series of responses by distinguished scholars in the humanities and social sciences, considering the implications of the universal moral relevance of the Holocaust. A final response comes in a postscript, focusing on the repercussions of the Holocaust in Israel.Less
This book explains why the Holocaust has come to be considered the central event of the 20th century, and what this means. It debates how the Holocaust has evolved over the years, and the profound effects it will have on the way we envision the future. Presenting controversial work, and following up with challenging and equally provocative responses to it, the book offers a sweeping historical reconstruction of the Jewish mass murder as it evolved in the popular imagination of Western peoples, as well as an examination of its consequences. The book's inquiry points to a broad cultural transition that took place in Western societies after World War II—from confidence in moving past the most terrible of Nazi wartime atrocities to pessimism about the possibility for overcoming violence, ethnic conflict, and war. The Holocaust has become the central tragedy of modern times, an event which can no longer be overcome, but one that offers possibilities to extend its moral lessons beyond Jews to victims of other types of secular and religious strife. Following the main chapter's controversial thesis is a series of responses by distinguished scholars in the humanities and social sciences, considering the implications of the universal moral relevance of the Holocaust. A final response comes in a postscript, focusing on the repercussions of the Holocaust in Israel.
Kwame Gyekye
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195112252
- eISBN:
- 9780199853069
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195112252.003.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Philosophy is a discipline that puts forward fundamental inquiries — without necessarily addressing them — about the experience of human beings. In view of this, the author states that his interest ...
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Philosophy is a discipline that puts forward fundamental inquiries — without necessarily addressing them — about the experience of human beings. In view of this, the author states that his interest in providing philosophical reflections concerning human affairs is grounded on the significant place of the intellectual enterprise in the understanding of the most complex systems and structures of life. A large portion of this section is devoted to the development of philosophical thought in Western societies and customs, where theoretical background and tangible historical evidences can be extracted. To distinguish relevant information and to dissect human activities, “essential universalism” and “contingent universalism” are defined distinctively. This endeavor aims to establish the significance of the efforts to question the world, its components and purpose with the limited discernment of humans and their undertakings.Less
Philosophy is a discipline that puts forward fundamental inquiries — without necessarily addressing them — about the experience of human beings. In view of this, the author states that his interest in providing philosophical reflections concerning human affairs is grounded on the significant place of the intellectual enterprise in the understanding of the most complex systems and structures of life. A large portion of this section is devoted to the development of philosophical thought in Western societies and customs, where theoretical background and tangible historical evidences can be extracted. To distinguish relevant information and to dissect human activities, “essential universalism” and “contingent universalism” are defined distinctively. This endeavor aims to establish the significance of the efforts to question the world, its components and purpose with the limited discernment of humans and their undertakings.
Yujiro Hayami and Yoshihisa Godo
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780199272709
- eISBN:
- 9780191602870
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199272700.003.0011
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental
What should be the right combination of community, market, and state? It depends not only on the stage of economic development but also on the cultural tradition. Under the different value systems in ...
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What should be the right combination of community, market, and state? It depends not only on the stage of economic development but also on the cultural tradition. Under the different value systems in different societies, different combinations of the three organizations are chosen as the mechanisms to control resource allocations. Evolution of different economic systems under different cultural traditions is illustrated through comparisons between Western and Asian countries, especially Japan, in its modernization process. The book concludes with the argument that if developing economies today are to catch up with developed economies, they must develop effective economic systems each suitable to their unique cultural and social traditions.Less
What should be the right combination of community, market, and state? It depends not only on the stage of economic development but also on the cultural tradition. Under the different value systems in different societies, different combinations of the three organizations are chosen as the mechanisms to control resource allocations. Evolution of different economic systems under different cultural traditions is illustrated through comparisons between Western and Asian countries, especially Japan, in its modernization process. The book concludes with the argument that if developing economies today are to catch up with developed economies, they must develop effective economic systems each suitable to their unique cultural and social traditions.
Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195148053
- eISBN:
- 9780199849277
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195148053.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam
Today, Muslims are the second-largest religious group in much of Europe and Northern America. The chapters in this collection look both at the impact of the growing Muslim population on Western ...
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Today, Muslims are the second-largest religious group in much of Europe and Northern America. The chapters in this collection look both at the impact of the growing Muslim population on Western societies, and how Muslims are adapting to life in the West. Part 1 looks at the Muslim diaspora in Europe, comprising chapters on Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, and the Netherlands. Part 2 turns to the Western Hemisphere and Muslims in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Throughout, the chapters contend with such questions as: Can Muslims retain their faith and identity and at the same time accept and function within the secular and pluralistic traditions of Europe and America? What are the limits of Western pluralism? Will Muslims come to be fully accepted as fellow citizens with equal rights? A guide to the changing landscape of Islam, this volume is an introduction to the experiences of Muslims in the west, and the diverse responses of their adopted countries.Less
Today, Muslims are the second-largest religious group in much of Europe and Northern America. The chapters in this collection look both at the impact of the growing Muslim population on Western societies, and how Muslims are adapting to life in the West. Part 1 looks at the Muslim diaspora in Europe, comprising chapters on Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, and the Netherlands. Part 2 turns to the Western Hemisphere and Muslims in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Throughout, the chapters contend with such questions as: Can Muslims retain their faith and identity and at the same time accept and function within the secular and pluralistic traditions of Europe and America? What are the limits of Western pluralism? Will Muslims come to be fully accepted as fellow citizens with equal rights? A guide to the changing landscape of Islam, this volume is an introduction to the experiences of Muslims in the west, and the diverse responses of their adopted countries.
Tariq Ramadan
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195183566
- eISBN:
- 9780199850426
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195183566.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam
The Muslim consciousness, without giving itself the right to stand in judgment, must make an effort to define for itself its own spirituality, its specific qualities, its demands, and its ...
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The Muslim consciousness, without giving itself the right to stand in judgment, must make an effort to define for itself its own spirituality, its specific qualities, its demands, and its instruments. In order to avoid succumbing to fashion, confusing categories, and finding only a superficial spirituality at the level of discourse, Muslims are called to carry out a real “inner work,” conscious that if they lose the source at the center, they will inevitably lose their way further out. In fact, Muslim spirituality has nothing in common with these trends and fashion, and neither has simple exercise in managing the emotions. It requires awareness, discipline, and constant effort (jihad), because it is the expression of a returning to one's self, which should be liberation. Today, at the very heart of Western societies, this exercise is a test.Less
The Muslim consciousness, without giving itself the right to stand in judgment, must make an effort to define for itself its own spirituality, its specific qualities, its demands, and its instruments. In order to avoid succumbing to fashion, confusing categories, and finding only a superficial spirituality at the level of discourse, Muslims are called to carry out a real “inner work,” conscious that if they lose the source at the center, they will inevitably lose their way further out. In fact, Muslim spirituality has nothing in common with these trends and fashion, and neither has simple exercise in managing the emotions. It requires awareness, discipline, and constant effort (jihad), because it is the expression of a returning to one's self, which should be liberation. Today, at the very heart of Western societies, this exercise is a test.
Tariq Ramadan
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195183566
- eISBN:
- 9780199850426
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195183566.003.0010
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam
There is a very long tradition of interreligious dialogue. At various times in history, in very diverse contexts, people of various religions have engaged in interreligious exchanges to try to ...
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There is a very long tradition of interreligious dialogue. At various times in history, in very diverse contexts, people of various religions have engaged in interreligious exchanges to try to understand one another better. Western societies' religious pluralism makes mutual knowledge essential. At the same time, technical developments have changed views of the world, and daily images of societies and different customs arouse one's curiosity. All believers who participate in interreligious dialogue do so having been nourished by a faith or a conviction, on the basis of which they understand themselves. The Qur'an not only issues a call to dialogue but is also insistent about the form it should take and the way in which it should be conducted. It should not simply be an exchange of information: it should also be a way of being and speaking; an attitude.Less
There is a very long tradition of interreligious dialogue. At various times in history, in very diverse contexts, people of various religions have engaged in interreligious exchanges to try to understand one another better. Western societies' religious pluralism makes mutual knowledge essential. At the same time, technical developments have changed views of the world, and daily images of societies and different customs arouse one's curiosity. All believers who participate in interreligious dialogue do so having been nourished by a faith or a conviction, on the basis of which they understand themselves. The Qur'an not only issues a call to dialogue but is also insistent about the form it should take and the way in which it should be conducted. It should not simply be an exchange of information: it should also be a way of being and speaking; an attitude.
Martin Pugh
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780300234947
- eISBN:
- 9780300249293
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300234947.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This introductory chapter discusses how, despite the common origins of Islam and Christianity, Islam has long been misunderstood and misrepresented in Western societies, particularly over such ...
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This introductory chapter discusses how, despite the common origins of Islam and Christianity, Islam has long been misunderstood and misrepresented in Western societies, particularly over such matters as women, polygamy, sex, sexuality, slavery and jihad. Westerners today are largely unaware that Islam is a relatively egalitarian religion which does not endorse differences of birth, caste, wealth or race. In fact, it denounces privilege as un-Islamic, though this has not prevented the emergence of elites and aristocracies over time. Converts often find the egalitarianism a refreshing change. In this spirit, a number of Muslim states have, in modern times, adopted policies of socialist Islamism. For the British, it has always proved difficult to get the institution of slavery into its true perspective. They have tended to close their minds to the fact that for a long time the British profited enormously from the slave trade, preferring to emphasise the later campaigns against the trade and the efforts made to eradicate it in the Muslim parts of Africa during the Victorian period.Less
This introductory chapter discusses how, despite the common origins of Islam and Christianity, Islam has long been misunderstood and misrepresented in Western societies, particularly over such matters as women, polygamy, sex, sexuality, slavery and jihad. Westerners today are largely unaware that Islam is a relatively egalitarian religion which does not endorse differences of birth, caste, wealth or race. In fact, it denounces privilege as un-Islamic, though this has not prevented the emergence of elites and aristocracies over time. Converts often find the egalitarianism a refreshing change. In this spirit, a number of Muslim states have, in modern times, adopted policies of socialist Islamism. For the British, it has always proved difficult to get the institution of slavery into its true perspective. They have tended to close their minds to the fact that for a long time the British profited enormously from the slave trade, preferring to emphasise the later campaigns against the trade and the efforts made to eradicate it in the Muslim parts of Africa during the Victorian period.
David Ellis
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199546657
- eISBN:
- 9780191701443
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546657.003.0011
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This chapter discusses the visitation policy to a sick or dying person. Western society imposes numerous obligations on the very sick or dying to receive visitors. How many visitors appeared depended ...
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This chapter discusses the visitation policy to a sick or dying person. Western society imposes numerous obligations on the very sick or dying to receive visitors. How many visitors appeared depended on who you were but also on whether or not people died at home, surrounded by all their friends and relatives in the days when spending all one's life in the same place was the rule rather than the exception.Less
This chapter discusses the visitation policy to a sick or dying person. Western society imposes numerous obligations on the very sick or dying to receive visitors. How many visitors appeared depended on who you were but also on whether or not people died at home, surrounded by all their friends and relatives in the days when spending all one's life in the same place was the rule rather than the exception.
Joao Biehl, Byron Good, and Arthur Kleinman (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520247925
- eISBN:
- 9780520939639
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520247925.001.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Anthropology, Theory and Practice
This book is an extended intellectual conversation about the ways personal lives are being undone and remade today. Examining the ethnography of the modern subject, this group of scholars probes the ...
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This book is an extended intellectual conversation about the ways personal lives are being undone and remade today. Examining the ethnography of the modern subject, this group of scholars probes the continuity and diversity of modes of personhood across a range of Western and non-Western societies. Contributors consider what happens to individual subjectivity when stable or imagined environments such as nations and communities are transformed or displaced by free trade economics, terrorism, and war; how new information and medical technologies reshape the relation one has to oneself; and which forms of subjectivity and life possibilities are produced against a world in pieces. The transdisciplinary conversation includes anthropologists, historians of science, psychologists, a literary critic, a philosopher, physicians, and an economist. The authors touch on how we think and write about contingency, human agency, and ethics today.Less
This book is an extended intellectual conversation about the ways personal lives are being undone and remade today. Examining the ethnography of the modern subject, this group of scholars probes the continuity and diversity of modes of personhood across a range of Western and non-Western societies. Contributors consider what happens to individual subjectivity when stable or imagined environments such as nations and communities are transformed or displaced by free trade economics, terrorism, and war; how new information and medical technologies reshape the relation one has to oneself; and which forms of subjectivity and life possibilities are produced against a world in pieces. The transdisciplinary conversation includes anthropologists, historians of science, psychologists, a literary critic, a philosopher, physicians, and an economist. The authors touch on how we think and write about contingency, human agency, and ethics today.
David A. Carlson
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780300117592
- eISBN:
- 9780300210804
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300117592.003.0004
- Subject:
- Psychology, Clinical Child Psychology / School Psychology
This chapter examines the institutional history of the Yale Longitudinal Study (YLS) within its regional intellectual and disciplinary context. In particular, it looks at the so-called “New ...
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This chapter examines the institutional history of the Yale Longitudinal Study (YLS) within its regional intellectual and disciplinary context. In particular, it looks at the so-called “New Haven-Stockbridge Group,” represented by the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the Western New England Psychoanalytic Society in New Haven, Connecticut. The chapter focuses on a network of behavioral and social scientists with orientation in psychoanalysis, including John Dollard, Erik Erikson, Anna Freud, Jules Coleman, and August B. Hollingshead. These figures are located in a professional landscape that includes the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, the Austen Riggs Center, and New Haven's Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis.Less
This chapter examines the institutional history of the Yale Longitudinal Study (YLS) within its regional intellectual and disciplinary context. In particular, it looks at the so-called “New Haven-Stockbridge Group,” represented by the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the Western New England Psychoanalytic Society in New Haven, Connecticut. The chapter focuses on a network of behavioral and social scientists with orientation in psychoanalysis, including John Dollard, Erik Erikson, Anna Freud, Jules Coleman, and August B. Hollingshead. These figures are located in a professional landscape that includes the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, the Austen Riggs Center, and New Haven's Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis.
