Sunthemata27 on Nostr: New paradigms and narratives need to be crafted, 20th century Islamism nearing its ...
New paradigms and narratives need to be crafted, 20th century Islamism nearing its end and the younger generations of Turks, especially in the metropolitan regions like Istanbul and Ankara, have been captivated by the wests ways and as usual they don’t adopt the positive traits instead opting for the negative ones.
Which in itself is an interesting phenomenon, we see it all over the Islamicate. Charles Taylor’s “A secular age” maybe offers one angle from which to analyze this, to keep it short, the western populace over the centuries has been socially engineered to exemplify discipline even in the absence of religion, Cartesian civitas “the virtue of self discipline”, Lockean mutual benefit “the notion of an interdependent society where each individual contributes and benefits from societies wider works”, synthetic identities popping up after the formation of nation states which instilled a higher purpose in the individual, transcending mere everyday concerns, this and many more influences may have led to westerners being disciplined, forming high-trust societies, being productive etc.
In contrast non-western societies never underwent these changes in this specific manner, they see only the sweet fruits not the hard work behind it.
Which in itself is an interesting phenomenon, we see it all over the Islamicate. Charles Taylor’s “A secular age” maybe offers one angle from which to analyze this, to keep it short, the western populace over the centuries has been socially engineered to exemplify discipline even in the absence of religion, Cartesian civitas “the virtue of self discipline”, Lockean mutual benefit “the notion of an interdependent society where each individual contributes and benefits from societies wider works”, synthetic identities popping up after the formation of nation states which instilled a higher purpose in the individual, transcending mere everyday concerns, this and many more influences may have led to westerners being disciplined, forming high-trust societies, being productive etc.
In contrast non-western societies never underwent these changes in this specific manner, they see only the sweet fruits not the hard work behind it.