Islamic radicalism is a product of flawed modernization, not a return to tradition.

Evidence

Islamic radicalism is not a traditionalist plea to return to the premodern era. Quite the contrary, it is a product of the contradictions of Third World modernization and represents a post-modern reaction to the specific form of modernization experienced by the Islamic Third World. In the Islamic countries, the response to the contradictions of modernization has taken the form of a “politics of identity.” (Gulalp, 1995:15) The limitation of space prevents a further elaboration of the neo-Orientalist paradigm, or for that matter the alternative account of the rise of political Islam - that of Gulalp and Zubaida. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3510 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Islamic revival is a direct response to modernist identity crisis, not pure tradition; Political Islam is a contemporary construct, not a natural outgrowth of Muslim societies. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 30; Islamism is a distinctly non-Western modernity that rejects rather than adapts Western discourse. — Fred Halliday, ‘Islamophobia’ Reconsidered, 25 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Islamic radicalism is a post-modern reaction to Third World modernization failures #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3510