Declining Islam in the Middle East? with Timur Kuran

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 237th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Political Science and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University, about the complex dynamics of societal change, including how historical institutions and modern pressures have shaped the role of Islam in the Middle East.
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Timur Kuran is a Professor of Economics and Political Science and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University. Kuran’s groundbreaking work sheds light on the complex dynamics of societal change, including how historical institutions and modern pressures have shaped the role of Islam in the Middle East. His seminal work Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification explores the act of misrepresenting one's wants under perceived social pressures and how this phenomenon is ubiquitous and has huge social and political consequences.
Check Out More from Timur Kuran:
X: x.com/timurkuran
Website: sites.duke.edu...
Book: "Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification" - amzn.to/3CI5882
Book: "Islam and Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism" - amzn.to/407OuGV
Book: "Freedoms Delayed: Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East" - amzn.to/4j2y0sd
Book: "The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East" - amzn.to/40lRFw6
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Fascinating discussion! Thank you!

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These former Muslims aren't going to become Objectivists.