Showing papers by "Bryan S. Turner published in 1985"
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TL;DR: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity may be commonly defined as monotheistic, prophetic, messianic, and literate religions, but their political forms are historically and normatively very different.
Abstract: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity may be commonly defined as monotheistic, prophetic, messianic, and literate religions, but their political forms are historically and normatively very different. Islam emerged from the collapse of two empires and rapidly assumed political dominance as an imperial state. Judaism was a confederacy of tribes under a contractual relationship with Yahwe, but was dispersed by colonial aggression. Christianity emerged initially as the religion of an underclass in opposition to worldly politics, but became a state religion. These different politics of origin have shaped religious orientations to the problem of political violence in relation to the ethic of brotherly love. It can be argued that to be a genuine Muslim presupposes an Islamic state for the performance of Muslim practice (The Five Pillars). Minority status for Muslim communities within a host society is highly ambiguous from a religious point of view. Judaism, by contrast, has until recent times been a faith of the Diaspora, organised around the quest for identity against assimilation and liquidation. Jews became a petit bourgeois class under various systems of patronage and exclusion within the shtetl; their religious motif has been one of messianic restoration, which modem Israel
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01 Dec 1985
TL;DR: In this paper, Craib has produced an introductory commentary of social theory which is both intelligent and intelligible for first year sociology courses, which is the Holy Grail of first-year sociology courses.
Abstract: too much, thereby lacking any significant content. In short, introductory texts to social theory are likely to annoy everybody. As a result, modern sociology is littered with useless and frustrating introductory texts which are spasmodically read by students and routinely ignored by lecturers. The majority of teachers of first year sociology courses are thus in search of a conceptual Holy Grail. Given these daunting odds, Ian Craib has produced an introductory commentary of social theory which is both intelligent and intelligible. As
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01 Aug 1985
TL;DR: In this article, a study suggests tension between Anglo-Australians and Indians has lessened over time, in good measure due to the Punjabi's patience and nonaggressive attitude.
Abstract: class distinction according to the ownership of the means of production. The marked distinction is ... between Australians on the one hand and Indians on the other and their two distinctive lifestyles.’ (p. 16) Thus if discrimination and conflict occurs it is not a class struggle but conflict between distinct ethnic/racial groups of similar social standing and with similar economic interests. Some discrimination against Indians is simply based on notions of racial superiority and/or straight-forward dislike-an example of the latter is the RSL’s refusal to admit Sikhs as members-and this cannot be subsumed readily under a theory which postulates that ’class relations and class conflict lie behind the consciousness of race.’ (p. 186) As the study suggests tension between Anglo-Australians and Indians has lessened over time, in good measure due to the Punjabi’s patience and nonaggressive attitude. The two communities not only manage to co-exist without much overt conflict, but also co-operate in some measure, e.g. in endeavours
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