"The Progress Paradox"
Antinomies of Islamic Movements Under Globalization
Paul Lubeck
January 1, 1999
The Center for Global, International and Regional Studies (CGIRS) at the University of California Santa Cruz. Paper CGIRS-1999-1.
Viewed from the perspective of Western Enlightenment theory, the strength and practices of Islamic social and intellectual movements display rampant contradiction, absurdity and paradox, suggesting the term ‘antinomy’. Confronting what Burke (1998) insightfully calls a ‘discursive shift’, i.e. from Enlightenment-inspired secular national to Islamic inspired social movements, critical social movement theorists must deconstruct the paradoxical correlation between the Islamic revival and the deepening of globalization.
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[and another article co-written by one of the same authors – some slight overlap in content with the first article.]
Muslim Civil Society in Urban Public Spaces: Globalization, Discursive Shifts, and Social Movements.
Paul Lubeck and Bryana Britts
September 1, 2001
The Center for Global, International and Regional Studies (CGIRS) at the University of California Santa Cruz. Paper CGIRS-2001-6.
We live in an intellectual moment when the complexity of the global Islamic revival renders it difficult to generalize about Muslim institutions, social movements and discursive practices. While diversity and locality remain paramount features of Muslim cities, globalization has inadvertently nurtured the extension of transnational Muslim networks into a web of interconnected cities. Quite opportunistically, urban-based Muslim networks now thrive in the interstitial spaces created by the new global communication and transportation infrastructures. What, then, are the long-term patterns for Muslims in cities?
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