Modernisierung und Islam
In: Welt-Trends: das außenpolitische Journal, Issue 44, p. 11-107
ISSN: 0944-8101, 0944-8101
Comments on contributions to the "Comparing Processes of Modernization," conference held Dec. 2003 in Potsdam, Germany; modernization of Islam in Egypt; Islamic movements in Iran; restructuring of the state in Egypt in economic, political, social, and cultural areas; paternalistic, absolutistic, and forced modernization phases in Iran; role of Islamic Councils as a new form of social democracy in Iran; generation gap in contemporary Iran; use of political opinion research as political propaganda in context of Daniel Lerner's study "The passing of traditional society" published 1958; overview of modernization theories in the non-Western and Arab world; 9 articles, 5 in English and 4 in German. Summaries in English p. 183-5.