Citizenship and the Issue of Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment

Abstract

In contrast to Ahmet Kuru's argument that a critical juncture occurred in the 11th century when a repressive anti-intellectual state-ulema alliance appeared, which destroyed the creative spirit of the previous centuries in Islam, this review argues that the critical juncture must be sought in the modern era with the development of citizenship in the Middle East.

Citation

Meijer, R. (2024), "Citizenship and the Issue of Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment", Mjøset, L., Butenschøn, N. and Harpviken, K.B. (Ed.) A Comparative Historical and Typological Approach to the Middle Eastern State System (Comparative Social Research, Vol. 36), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 261-270. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0195-631020240000036009