Freedom, Modernity, and Islam

Foucault, Freedom, and the Limits of Modernity

In order to locate and understand a notion of freedom in the later works of Michel Foucault, I will first offer a discussion of delinquency as described in Discipline and Punish. Within this discussion I will argue against Thomas Dumm’s characterization of the delinquent as emblematic of freedom on the grounds that such a characterization is implicitly contested in Discipline and Punish. I will...

Islam, Globalization, and Freedom of Expression

Islam and Modernity: A Study of John Updike's Terrorist (2006)

The images of Muslims in media, literature and politics have been mostly black and white portrayals of a people alien to modernity, technology, civilization and progress. Since the end of the Cold War and the onset of deadly terrorist attacks in different areas of the world, especially in the United States, these representations show a palpable difference: Muslims are predominantly represented ...

freedom of speech in islam / freedom and political education

0

god in modernity and in islam

the first steps towards modernity in the west, the role of god supergood the first and then fell to the divine watchmaker then to maintain the mstmrkhdavnd, breach of narsayy hay ignore the laws of nature were raised by both the theologians and the scientific point of view, was not satisfied. creator and retired architect, reducing the efficient cause of atm ha force and thus deny the agency fo...