Muslim reconstructions of knowledge and the re-enchantment of modernity

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The Muslim debate on the reconstruction of knowledge that is incorrectly but popularly known as the Islamization of knowledge, in which Muslim thinkers for more than 25 years are active, is discussed. The literature on the reconstruction of knowledge is found to respond to the increasing awareness of modernity as a worldview that marginalizes religiously inspired ones by depriving knowledge of its teleological and sacred qualities.

Modernization, Islamic culture, Islamization

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Singapore's routes of modernity

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Singapore was a known trading post to the Chinese traders in the 14th and 15th centuries, and was erediscoveredE by European merchants in the 19th century. An account of SingaporeEs route to emodernizingE its culture under colonial rule as well as after the formation of an independent nation-state, as well as the costs exacted by the process is presented.

Singapore, Public affairs, Social aspects, Multiculturalism, Communitarianism

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Liquid modernity and cultural analysis: An introduction to a transdisciplinary encounter

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The concept of liquid modernity in Zygmunt Bauman's work is discussed, placed against the concept of the 'transdisciplinary'. The implications of Bauman's work for cultural analysis are analyzed, particularly his ideas about migration, tourism, borders and the impact of global social trends on citizenship and agency.

United States, Works, Cultural relativism, Bauman, Zygmunt

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