Modern methods cannot solve problems caused by modernity itself

Evidence

A solution to the crises of modernity cannot be modern—as I have argued earlier35—in the sense of applying the paradigmatic methods of the central domains to problems caused by these domains themselves. The solution furthermore cannot be limited to an in situ, localized diagnosis—again a perception that is the result of a notoriously fragmented modern view of reality. Rather, the diagnosis must go to the deep structures of modernity, and thus of existence, for it is quite obvious that an economic problem is never just in or about economics, and a political problem is never just in or about politics. The core values of the system—political, economic, psychological, social, and otherwise—must be subjected to scrutiny as an aggregate group of problems, as a holistic phenomenon. The foundational thought structure needs to be rethought in its entirety. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 481

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 481
• XREF: connects to: The traditional-modern dichotomy obscures the pathologies of modernization. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 156; Modernity and modernization concepts may be inadequate to explain modern experience — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 146; First modernity’s own successes eroded its authority and created self-directed individuals — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 111 (+1 more)