Islamism, Castoriadis and Autonomy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4481935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Houston (0000-0003-1398-0100, University of Canterbury, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-69 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513604040109 |
| OpenAlex | W2073523955 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 27 |
In the context of nationalizing, secularizing or Kemalist states, analyses of Islamist movements are often thrown back on notions of traditionalism or atavism. In a related vein, for certain social theorists writing on modernity, the uniqueness of the West is clarified through an imaginative [mis]interpretation of other cultures or civilizations. Too often, however, the apparent gains in Western self-insight reflect an 'inability to constitute oneself without excluding the other' (Cornelius Castoriadis). Ironically Castoriadis himself, in a project we might term an ethnography of the West (see his writings on ecology, capitalism, rationality, contemporary culture, racism, Greek philosophy/history, and the environment) is prone to the same vice, especially in his identification of the West as the sole autonomous society. This article argues that in the shariainstitution of a legal autonomy, Islam and Islamism alike demonstrate an affinity with modernity as defined by Castoriadis. In the light of this Islamist autonomy, it concludes that Castoriadis' vision of modernity as a struggle between opposed imaginaries of autonomy and rational mastery needs reformulating
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2019 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |