Challenge of Modernity

Louay M. Safi teaches in the Political Science Department at the International Islamic University in Malaysia.

• Chapter 1 Preface; IntroductionChapter 2 Understanding Modernization: Modernization Theory; The Marxian Model of Development; The Weberian Model of Development; The Eclipse of Substantive Rationality; The Quest for Order; The Modernization of the Arab World: Prelude; Voices of Reform

Safi's book is an interesting contribution to the debate on modernization in the Arab world and the Muslim world at large...his book will stimulate further debate and raise it to a higher, more informed, and sophisticated level.