scholarly journals Islam and the Western Philosophy of Knowledge

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-124
Author(s):  
Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi'
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
World Order ◽  
Western Philosophy ◽  
New World Order ◽  
Contemporary Debate ◽  
The Past ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Philosophy Of Knowledge

It is a simple truism to state that any scholar who treats such a vast topicas "Islam and the Western Philosophy of Knowledge" must be familiar withthe different domains of intellectual and philosophical discourses in bvth theMuslim and the western worlds, their epistemological bases (i.e., foundationalconceputal principles), historical evolution, and cultural expressions. Inaddition, such a scholar cannot do justice to this imponant topic without constructingan appropriate and comprehensive comparative method that mightshed some light on why there have been some important divergences betweenthe Muslim worldview and the western one, especially in the modern period(e.g., the past few centuries). Third, in dealing with the above subject, ascholar must know at least one Islamic language (e.g., Arabic) and oneEuropean language in addition to English (e.g., French or German). Measuredagainst this criteria, the author of this (very) tiny work fails miserably to justifyhis goal(s) for writing this book, to offer a convincing method of comparativeanalysis, and to prove that he possesses the appropiate tools (i.e., sourcesand languages) with which to conduct his research.To begin with, the author states in the Preface that he intends to offer "ahumble contribution to the contemporary debate on the need for a new epistemology.” The nature of the contemporary debate the author refers to is unclear:Is it an Islamic debate? Western or African? Second, what is the nature of thisnew epistemology of which he speaks? His entire discussion throughout thebook does not mention any new epistemology per se, but rather a historicallyold and established one: that of the Qur’an and other revelations. So, is the authoroffering a Qur’anic rationale for and justification of some uiucial philosophicalissues arising in the modem westem world, or is he interested in measuring theimpact of western philosophy on the modem Muslim mind in the context ofcolonialism and the new world order? No such desire is expressed. When theauthor states in his Acknowledgment that “I came to the conclusion that the realmalaise of the Muslim Umma is the intellectual,” he does not tell us why it is soand why it is not economic, political, social, or a combination of the abov ...

scholarly journals Technoversal Leader: Triumphant Leader of the Technological Era

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 440
Author(s):  
Hakan Kapucu
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
New World ◽  
World Order ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Critical Component ◽  
New World Order ◽  
The Past

The new world order reminds disruptions and turmoil. Exponentially-developing technology plays a significant role in causing these radical changes. These rapidly-changing conditions affect leaders with all humans. As scientific knowledge, digital transformation, technology is a backbone at the point that humanity has reached. Thus, it has become a critical component, which affects leader behaviors and the skillset expected from them. In this context, this article introduces a new leader who distinguishes from other styles. This distinction arises from the skills that leaders must adopt in the future are different than the past, from the reality of the earth’s being on the edge of collapse, business leaders’ being obliged to act upon it. And along with these specific behaviors, the leaders’ having data-driven mindsets, being technology adept.

Towards a new world order: a twentieth century story

2001 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
JO-ANNE PEMBERTON
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
New World ◽  
Manhattan Project ◽  
World Order ◽  
New World Order ◽  
Historical Materials ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Enlightenment Project ◽  
Theoretical Issues

Andrew Williams, Failed Imagination? New World Orders of the Twentieth Century (Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1998)International relations (IR) has had an opportunistic relationship with history. IR scholars have used the past, as Conal Condren has written of political theorists, as ‘a quarry ... [as a] ... source of useable facts; of entries to, and illustrations of, theoretical issues’. The result was an IR canon, of the ‘Plato to Nato’ variety, which was substantially anachronistic. Its dismantling over the last twenty years has much to do with efforts in the area of conceptual history. Despite this, and the keenness of post-positivist IR theorists to display an historical consciousness, IR and history maintain an uneasy association. Where the past is approached in contemporary IR writings, there is a tendency to build out of historical materials, or more worryingly commentaries on them, conceptual superstructures which are then accorded a determining force. Notions like the Enlightenment Project are the result of such acts of reification and are no less anachronistic than were the pantomime Machiavellis which used to pop up in IR text books. (It is doubtful that such a Project ever existed. Robert Wokler observes that the expression is of ‘more recent pedigree than “the Manhattan Project“‘.) What is purported to be historical explanation may seem more like a ghostly ballet in which structures, processes and agencies execute precisely choreographed routines.

scholarly journals Teaching theology in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Willem H. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
World Order ◽  
New World Order ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Past ◽  
Industrial Age ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The World ◽  
Inside Out

Post-school education (PSE) in South Africa mostly takes place within an industrial-age factory environment as has been done for the past 50 years or longer. This is the case despite the fact that the world is on the brink of, or already part of, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), called by some an ‘emerging new world order’. Educating students today like we did it half a century ago has now become education to a ‘quickly vanishing world’. Although one may argue that the content of Theology will not be much affected by the 4IR, it is proposed that the way in which that content is communicated and educated should change drastically. Doing this will prepare our students to become relevant preachers or theologians in the current (post-)postmodern society. The proposed model in this article is called an outside-in model – contrasted to the current inside-out model of education – in which our students should be taught to develop a sense of deep learning, to effectively learn and work in and with groups, to use their mobile devices (cell phones and tablets) and social media within the environment of education and to discuss new ways of gathering God’s people.The question that each educator should ask themselves nowadays is: Am I really preparing my students for the future that they are facing?Contribution: A new way of teaching Theology in the 4IR is imperative for our students. This article suggests how it could be done. Although this entails willpower and persuading the mostly ‘old’ lecturers in Theology to engage with real technology, it is all about the student, because many of these students will become the lecturers of tomorrow. Our faculties or departments of Theology are therefore urged to fit themselves into the new mould and to train our future theologians in a 4IR way.

scholarly journals A CRETIVE MIND HIDDEN AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD: GUTAI

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (86) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Order ◽  
New World Order ◽  
The Past ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Social Events ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Great Sense ◽  
Basic Philosophy ◽  
The Ideal

In the middle of the 20th century, it is seen that there was a break in perspective separating the Modern period and its aftermath. With the new values that started to be accepted after the world wars and the new world order formed, new searches in art soon found their way. It is clear that art began to rise, especially in the 1950s, with a different, untested, idea that left the past behind with a great sense of rebellion, which took the wind of social events by breaking the analytical and scientific perspective of the Modern period. The Gutai group, which was founded in Japan in 1954 and started its activities, is a group that came out of a country with a deep-rooted culture but took a very different route for itself. It adopted the ideal of following the untested one by emphasizing the unity of essence and matter, and inspired the present and future of world art with her pioneering ideas. In this research, the history of the group, its periods, its basic philosophy, the reflections of this philosophy on works of art, its relations and interactions with contemporary artists were investigated. Keywords: Gutai, Japan, Manifest, Contemporary Art, Yoshihara Jiro

Public agricultural R&D over the past half century: an emerging new world order

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (s1) ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip G. Pardey ◽  
Julian M. Alston ◽  
Connie Chan-Kang
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
World Order ◽  
New World Order ◽  
Half Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
Past Half

Henry Kissinger's book World order: Reflections on the beginnings of nations and the course of history

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Abdul Hamid Al - Eid Al - Mousawi
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
World Order ◽  
New World Order ◽  
Central Idea ◽  
Global System ◽  
The World ◽  
Western European ◽  
Book World

The central idea of Henry Kissinger's latest book, The Global System, is that the world desperately needs a new world order, otherwise geopolitical chaos threatens the world, and perhaps chaos will prevail and settle in the world. According to Kissinger, the world order was not really there at all, but what was closest to the system was the Treaty of Westphalia, which included about twenty Western European states for almost four centuries.

The dimensions of the Moroccan position on the Gulf crisis 1990-1991

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Nazhan Hammoud Nassif Al Obeidi ◽  
Abdul Wahab Abdul Aziz Abu Khamra
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
New World ◽  
World Order ◽  
The United States ◽  
New World Order ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Gulf Crisis ◽  
The Subject

The Gulf crisis 1990-1991 is one of the important historical events of the 1990s, which gave rise to the new world order by the sovereignty of the United States of America on this system. The Gulf crisis was an embodiment to clarify the features of this system. .     The crisis in the Gulf was an opportunity for the Moroccans to manage this complex event and to use it for the benefit of the Moroccan situation. Therefore, the bilateral position of the crisis came out as a rejection, a contradiction and a supporter of political and economic dimensions at the external and internal levels. On the Moroccan situation, and from these points came the choice of the subject of the study (the dimensions of the Moroccan position from the Gulf crisis 1990-1991), which shows the ingenuity of Moroccans in managing an external crisis and benefiting from it internally.

MODERN STAGE IN THE FORMATIONOF POLYCENTRIC WORLD

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
А.N. MIKHAILENKO
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
World Order ◽  
New World Order ◽  
International Leadership ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

The world is in a state of profound changes. One of the most likely forms of the future world pattern is polycentrism. At the stage of the formation of a new world order, it is very important to identify its key properties, identify the challenges associated with them and offer the public possible answers to them. It is proposed to consider conflictness, uncertainty and other features as properties of polycentrism. These properties entail certain challenges, the answers to them could be flexibility of diplomacy, development of international leadership and others.

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