The Rise Of Mass Culture And Its Effects On Culture
The subject of any culture is man as an individual, as a personality, as the "unrepeatable individuality." The subject or object of mass culture...
Modernity’s False Idol: The Doctrine of Progress
Modernity, in other words, can always take care of itself on its own terms, and it is in no need of an old sage...
People Differ in Rank Just Like Metals
After I pondered upon the earth and those living on its surface using the eyes of my contemplation, I came to realise that its...
The Impoverished Modern Subject And Nationalism
Individual freedom and a rationally autonomous determination of destiny — relabeled by Marcuse as "democratic unfreedom" — amounted for Weber to a titanic tension...
The Muslim Perspective on Israel
What the Muslim sees in Israel is European and American settlers established in a Muslim country with the support of the former imperial powers...
The New Generation of Youth
The new generation of youth has become lazy in the quest for knowledge, egocentric, and closed-minded. They are self-centered, extremely autonomous, and very independent....
Cosmetic Surgery for the Sake of Approval
Women, especially models and actresses, are known to be willing patrons of cosmetic surgery. Hollywood is cruel toward the aging process, and the cameras...
Making the Individual Feel Worthy
It is narrated on the authority of Anas (Allah be pleased with him) that a woman, somewhat mentally defected, said, "O Messenger of Allah!...