Westernization has been spread through out our country because of the media. The media has played a vital role in influencing our youth in both positive and negative ways. In some cases westernization can be accepted only if we dont lose our culture and values in between.
Modernization is a concept used in sociology and politics. It is the view that a standard, teleological evolutionary pattern, as described in the social evolutionism theories, exists as a template for all nations and peoples.[1][2] It should not be confused with the sociological concept of rationalization, or the concepts of urbanization and industrialization.
It's especially important for the Muslim world to spawn countries with an indigenous, Islam-influenced modernity. My top picks are Malaysia and Turkey (which may be slowly evolving toward to a new cosmopolitan Islamic identity rather than a European state with an inferiority complex). Maybe Iran, Dubai, Bahrain, and dare I say Iraq will follow. It's important for these countries to succeed in order to demonstrate alternative models of economic, social, and insitutional development that are homegrown and innovative, but no less "modern" than those mimicked (or inherited) from Western countries in the past. It might mark the beginning of the end of the current identity crisis in the Muslim world, and show a promising way forward.
Well according to me modernization is a concept in which a particular society passes through different phases (i.e) industrialization, urbanization, etc. This in return compeletly transforms the lives of individuals. So what i can see now is "westernization" rather than modernization.
i suppose today's youth is too much into Other stuff and are far away from religion.Plus today's youth don't really understand the concept of Islam.Instead of understanding it or relating it with reliable source they believe on things they have just heard from others.
Westernization has been spread through out our country because of the media. The media has played a vital role in influencing our youth in both positive and negative ways.
ReplyDeleteIn some cases westernization can be accepted only if we dont lose our culture and values in between.
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ReplyDeleteModernization is a concept used in sociology and politics. It is the view that a standard, teleological evolutionary pattern, as described in the social evolutionism theories, exists as a template for all nations and peoples.[1][2] It should not be confused with the sociological concept of rationalization, or the concepts of urbanization and industrialization.
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It's especially important for the Muslim world to spawn countries with an indigenous, Islam-influenced modernity. My top picks are Malaysia and Turkey (which may be slowly evolving toward to a new cosmopolitan Islamic identity rather than a European state with an inferiority complex). Maybe Iran, Dubai, Bahrain, and dare I say Iraq will follow. It's important for these countries to succeed in order to demonstrate alternative models of economic, social, and insitutional development that are homegrown and innovative, but no less "modern" than those mimicked (or inherited) from Western countries in the past. It might mark the beginning of the end of the current identity crisis in the Muslim world, and show a promising way forward.
ReplyDeleteWell according to me modernization is a concept in which a particular society passes through different phases (i.e) industrialization, urbanization, etc. This in return compeletly transforms the lives of individuals. So what i can see now is "westernization" rather than modernization.
ReplyDeletei suppose today's youth is too much into Other stuff and are far away from religion.Plus today's youth don't really understand the concept of Islam.Instead of understanding it or relating it with reliable source they believe on things they have just heard from others.
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