On 8/4/2011 11:10 AM, Eugene Coyle wrote: > The first paragraph, written by someone so privileged he doesn't know he is, > was enough for me. > The neoconservatives have reached the end of their history. > > Gene Coyle >
I was too hasty. The article backs the thesis that Islam held back capitalism. And on the AKP, it has this to say: Fueling this economic expansion is a new generation of entrepreneurs from Anatolia, in eastern Turkey. These businesspeople are conservative Muslims, but they aren’t extremists. The Anatolians are astonishing; no one can say for sure how they arrived on the scene as the dynamic engine of Turkish modernity. Ask an Anatolian entrepreneur about this success and he may credit a strong work ethic, combined with family values ingrained in the Muslim faith. Or he may mention the business traditions of Anatolia, a crossroads between Asia and Europe under the Ottoman Empire. Pamuk, a secular Turk, points to mundane factors like the Anatolians’ low labor costs and Turkey’s proximity to the vast European market: Turkey now exports 25 percent of its national production, up from 3 percent in 1980. Whatever the reason for the Anatolian breakthrough, Islam has not impeded it. "Whatever the reason for the Anatolian breakthrough, Islam has not impeded it." I should say not. Maybe I'll get to that Rodinson stuff sooner than later. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
