https://doi.org/10.68724/ETQ-2026-13-FA-005
It proceeds from the premise that his Eminence’s (may his secret be sanctified) critique of modernity was not a rejection of human technological or scientific progress; rather, it was a challenge to a materialist intellectual hegemony that excludes divine revelation and reduces the human being to a single dimension.
The study demonstrates that His Eminence (QS) interpreted modernity philosophically as rooted in "materialism" and branching out from "liberalism", with historical links to "colonialism" and "Orientalism." He further identified a fundamental opposition between modernity and Islam regarding their respective conceptions of existence, the human being, progress, justice, and freedom. The study also examines how modernity is perceived as a threat to the "cultural security" of the nation, framed through the concepts of "cultural invasion" and "postmodern colonialism", ultimately concluding that His Eminence's (QS) critique of modernity aligns with the most profound insights of contemporary critical thought, while further surpassing them by offering a positive alternative.
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