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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Marshall Hodgson's ideas on cores and modernity in Islam: a critique
Contributor:
Eaton, Richard Maxwell
imprint:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2023
Published in:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 33 (2023) 4, Seite 1029-1039
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/s1356186323000275
ISSN:
1356-1863;
1474-0591
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Marshall Hodgson has been rightly admired for his vast contributions in the fields of both Islam and world history. Despite the many decades since the publication of his works on these topics, his ideas have largely survived the test of time and continue to be influential. There are two respects, however, in which Hodgson's ideas appear to have been fundamentally flawed—namely, his notion of cultural cores versus peripheries in the Islamic world, and his understanding of modernity. This article explores both of these themes.</jats:p>