Modernization drives cultural resurgence through growing power and identity crises

Evidence

Like other manifestations of the global religious revival, the Islamic Resurgence is both a product of and an effort to come to grips with modernization. Its underlying causes are those generally responsible for indigenization trends in non-Western societies: urbanization, social mobilization, higher levels of literacy and education, intensified communication and media consumption, and expanded interaction with Western and other cultures. These developments undermine traditional village and clan ties and create alienation and an identity crisis. Islamist symbols, commitments, and beliefs meet these psychological needs, and Islamist welfare organizations, the social, cultural, and economic needs of Muslims caught in the process of modernization. Muslims feel the need to return to Islamic ideas, practices, and institutions to provide the compass and the motor of modernization. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 317 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Modernization strengthens indigenous cultures and weakens Western dominance; Modernization itself drives religious resurgence by creating identity crises. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 317; Societies move from Westernization to cultural revival as modernization accelerates — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 202 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Modernization itself drives religious resurgence by creating identity crises. #expands (0.92) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 317