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![Arab States: From Traditionalism to Moderism](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/11/1974Call Number: KP 481Format: Cass A & BProducers: University of California Extension Media CenterProgram: Arab World: Its People & CultureCollection: General materials
Dr. Simpson discusses the Arab governments' desire to "modernize" Arab States. He argues that Arab peoples are culturally traditional and that modernism (as in Europe and North America) would cause much dissatisfaction. He claims that modernizing would force the restructuring of Islam, and destroy the Arab family unit.
Cites a number of different reasons why the push for modernism would be damaging and difficult to obtain (population control, lack of capital).
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