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Islamic Modernity Theory Study In The Context Of "Orientalism"

Posted on:2015-01-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X M WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2255330428962589Subject:Foreign philosophy
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Islam has its own characteristics as other world religious. But, under the field of vision of "orientalism" that Islam suffered a severe distortion and demonize. Some orientalists who engage in oriental studies considered that Islam is a aggressive and threatening (and so on) religious, which were expressed with the words of "bloody Islam","religion ghost", the political and religious status of Islam were shakened and fundamentally took place. Simultaneously, Muslims identity have been questioned and have been confronted with a serious identity crisis. Especially in the promotion of the trend of Globalization, the "Eurocentric" view of modern western like a raging fire has been developed on the earth, and clamored by the Western media and government that they impose a series of terrorist incidents on Islam so that they could create trouble in the name of Islam, in order to explain the Islam was misfits with the world. Promoted by constructivist mode, The anamnesis of Rationalism, Dialogue of Civilizations, Cultural diversity, The theory of Justice,"The third road" and the others, which will provide some problem-solvings which the Islam are facing, and The theory of discourse and power is seeking to a proof for Muslims, and the "Decentration" of the world is possible, and the Path Dependence principle is a value reflects for establishing a fair and a rational world order, and is a value to achieve the lofty value of humans. Simultaneously, What’s more to reflect the core guiding force which is defensing for Islam, it means that play the function of Islam government., so that it can break the cultural prejudices and religious bigotry, and reconcile the relationship between faith and reason, and hoping to serve Islam to the maximum degree under this multiplicity of new opportunities, to achieve the value of religious identity in modernity.
Keywords/Search Tags:Orientalism, modernity, Islam, issues, construct
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