Weberian questions assume Western modernity as the unexamined success benchmark.

Evidence

The most intellectually problematic of such research questions is the “Weberian” sort, which proceeds with an inquiry, posited as self-evident, as to why a certain concept or practice “did not develop” or “failed to develop” in Islam (or anywhere else in Asia and Africa), where the governing assumption is the success of the concept or practice in modernity. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 1004 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Weberian questions presume modernity’s success when asking why Islam lacked developments — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 1004; Western modernity is a hegemonic particularism disguised as universalism — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 153; Culture-clash arguments foreclose the possibility of non-Western progress (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Weberian questions presume modernity’s success when asking why Islam lacked developments #expands (1.00) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 1004
• Successful non-Western societies now reject rather than emulate Western values. #complicates (0.71)