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Jiang's claim that Islam carries foundational modern ideas before Europe explicitly develops them.
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portal of modernity
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...have forgotten this because Islam the idea has embedded itself into modernity itself. Okay? Does that make sense? All right. So what I will..."
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Jiang says Islam is the portal of modernity because it already contains ideas later associated with Protestantism and science: God can be in us, and God expects us to improve the world.
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"...have forgotten this because Islam the idea has embedded itself into modernity itself. Okay? Does that make sense? All right. So what I will..."
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"...All right? So a lot of the ideas that will underpin modernity. That God can be in us. And that God expects us to..."
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The easy story says modernity begins in Europe after a medieval interruption.
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