Bogovi moderniteta
The Gods of Modernity

Summary/Abstract: In the paper, the author shows how the mores of intellect brought about by modernity are rarely congruent with the Islamic teaching, since nothing that characterizes modernity is tawheed. Therefore, he calls the characteristic features of modernity taktheer, i.e. multiplication of things and confirmation of multitude of gods, which is literally contrary to tawheed, i.e. reducing things to one, in fact, the confirmation of God’s oneness, and that is the first principle of Islamic thinking. Understanding the nature of multitude of gods has always been central for intellectual sciences, while modern time and modern thinking lack a united orientation. Perhaps the biggest obstacle for Muslims in dealing with modernity is a general trend of rejecting everything but the most superficial ornaments of the Islamic tradition. The author consequently says that the Tradition can never recover by imitation or joint action, but only by individual dedication and personal achievement, because understanding cannot be imposed or prescribed, it can grow only in the heart.

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