- This event has passed.
Lecture: Islam, Democracy and Development
10 May 2023 @ 17:00 - 18:30
Is Islam compatible with Western political and socioeconomic institutions? If yes, what explains the problems of authoritarianism and underdevelopment in many Muslim-majority countries? In this year’s acmes annual lecture, Ahmet Kuru will address these questions by referring to his award-winning book Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison (Cambridge University Press, 2019).
In his lecture Ahmet Kuru will speak about the premises of his book Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment, which will be published in Dutch with the title Bloeiperiode en hedendaagse crisis in de moslimwereld (Ertsberg) in May 2023. Kuru will elaborate an argument about the ulema-state alliance as the cause of authoritarianism and underdevelopment in the Muslim world from the eleventh century to the present. Criticizing essentialist, post-colonialist, and new institutionalist explanations, Kuru focuses on the relations between intellectual, economic, religious, and political classes in this annual lecture.
Further information and registration.
Location: Spui25, Amsterdam