Imposing Modernity in the Global South

Omer Awass is Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American Islamic College in Chicago, US.

‘This is a unique, in-depth presentation and analysis of the origins, processes and impacts of European colonialism, modernization and secularization theory on Muslim states and societies, as well as the subsequent and ongoing processes of modernization rooted in decolonization and social change in Muslim societies of the Global South.’ John L. Esposito, Georgetown University

• IntroductionPrologue: Before Modernity: Agrarian-Based Society Outside of Europe Before the Era of Colonial/Capitalist Hegemony: With Illustrations from Muslim HistoryPart I: Studies in Coloniality1. Mapping the Emergence of the Global Power Field (GPF) and its Penetration in the Muslim World c.1850-19502. “Double Consciousness,” Orientalism, and Colonial Subjectivity: Understanding the Socio-Historical Dynamics for the Emergence of Western Cultural Hegemony in the Age of European Colonialism c.1850-19503. Attaining Nationhood: The Nineteenth-Century Historical and Political Antecedents for the Twentieth-Century Emergence of the Nation-State in the Middle East4. Secularization Re-Conceived: The Political Genealogy of Secularism in the Muslim World5. Birth of the Nation-State in the Middle East: Islam, Secularity, and ModernityPart II: Studies in Decoloniality and Neo-Coloniality6. The Transformation of the Global Power Field (GPF) After World War II and Its Impact on the Global South7. The Projection of a Globalized Communicative Field (GCF): Socio-Political Tectonics of Western Cultural/Epistemic Imperialism in the Information Age C.1945-Present8. Negotiating Modernity: The Transformation of Islamic Law in the Postcolonial Era9. Political Revolution and Decolonizing the Modern Nation-State: Religious Governance in Contemporary Iran10. Normative Responses to Neoliberal Globalization: Fatwas and Capitalist IdeologyConclusion