Flattering Muslims

Assume, for the sake of this argument, that the outcome of European history is inevitable for all peoples and all cultures. That the there is something Hegelian about this march to secular modernity.

European modernity is a several hundred year old story. It both created and was a creation of great upheavals in the world, like industrialisation and world wars. It can easily be argued this story is still unfolding today.

So, why do some critics insist that such a transformation should occur in the Muslim world both within an extremely short space of time, and without the influx of wealth that accompanied the rise of Europe (and so America)?

This appears to be flattering Muslim abilities.

Comments

[Abdusalaam Al-Hindi]

Nice analysis. I loved it. :)

[vonaurum]

Additionally changes in technology and hence culture are happending at an accelerating pace so the future will be different from teh past in a lot of ways. To begin with there is the prospect of changing humans via augmentation and genetic engineering.