Moral Tensions Between Western and Islamic Cultures: The Need for Additional Sociological Studies of Dissonance in the Wake of September 11

Benet Davetian

Sociological Research Online, 2001, vol. 6, issue 3, 25-30

Abstract: This article suggests that, in the wake of the events of September 11th, it would be an error for sociologists and political analysts to concentrate on revisions of economic and political theory while not paying equal attention to the moral tensions between Islamic and Western cultures. It proposes that economic and geopolitical research be expanded to include bilateral studies of Western and Islamic conceptions of morality and standards of right and wrong. The argument is based on the proposition that certain Western liberal attitudes threaten Islamic peoples’ commitment to the traditional family, thereby delaying conflict resolution and providing terrorists with additional venues for “justifying†their acts.

Keywords: Courtesy; Ethics; Family; Globalization; Iran; Morality; Religion; Sexual Permissiveness; Sexuality; Terrorism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.5153/sro.630

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