UWRF21 Podcast | Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast
English - February 16, 2022 01:37 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBBooks Arts literary festival literature uwrf books culture art discussions uwrf 2022 Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment, Ahmet T. Kuru argues that Muslims were philosophically and socioeconomically more developed than Western Europeans between the 9th to twelfth centuries. So, why do Muslim-majority countries now exhibit high levels of authoritarianism and low levels of socio-economic development in comparison to world averages? Ahmet speaks to Janet Steele about how historical explanations link to contemporary politics.