Globalization Western Modernization and Terrorism: Political Islam Against the West

Abstract

The aim of the article is to evaluate the relationship between globalization, modernity and violence in the context of the antagonistic relationship between political Islam and the West. To put it more succinctly, this study seeks an answer for the question "why and how do globalization and modernity breed global political violence?". It tries to answer to this question by means of evaluating the formation, the development and the transformation process of political Islam by considering and examining the role of the West, modernity and the changing political, economic and psychological conditions stemming from globalization. In this framework, this study consists of two sections. The first section evaluates the effects of globalization and modernity on the formation of political violence. The second section explains and examines the relationship between globalization, modernity, violence and political Islam.

Keywords

Modernisation, Political Islam, Violence, Globalization

Citation

Donmez, Rasim Ozgur, "Globalization Western Modernization and Terrorism: Political Islam Against the West", International Relations, Volume 1, Issue 4 (Winter 2004), pp. 81-114.

Affiliations

• Rasim Ozgur Donmez, Dr., Exeter University