CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Dogruoz, Hakan Sukru |
|---|---|
| Title | MUSLIM ENTREPRENEURS AND ALTERNATIVE MODERNITIES: THE CASE OF MUSIAD |
| Summary | This thesis examines and discusses the relationship between Islam and modernity by reference to the case of Mustakil Sanayici ve Isadamları Dernegi-MUSIAD (Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association), which is an Islamic oriented business association. After discussing the shortcomings of different juxtapositions of Islam and modernity, I claim that MUSIAD complicates both the story of modernity and that of Islam. On the contrary to dichotomous and one-dimensional evaluations of both, in the light of the case study, I argue that there is a complex web of convergences and divergences between Islam and modernity. To account for such a complex interplay, the instrumental, regulative and constitutive functions of Islam for MUSIAD is analyzed and evaluated. Along the dimensions of MUSIAD’s conception of economy, nationalism, Islam and modernity, I apply a discourse and a content analysis on MUSIAD’s documents and publications. As a theoretical evaluation, this study benefits from the alternative modernities approach, which is analyzed and discussed in comparison to theories of globalization and classical modernization theory. |
| Supervisor | Judit Bodnar |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/dogruoz_hakan.pdf |
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