Theory suggests that if Islamisms actually attain political power and voice,
that will lead to their demise. With power comes needs to produce wealth,
secure legitimacy and to negotiate with other States. But if and when they
get to run schools, health care systems and hospitals, postal systems, public
works, etc, most often on limited budgets, violence tends to wane, in deed
if not in rhetoric. To overcome the conditions they would ameliorate, they
will need to incorporate the very purposive rationality which they so much
abhor. That is the central insight of history. But Reason should become the
basis of freedom and emancipation, not the source of domination. That is the
central insight of Critical Theory.
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