Why did African feminists resent American and European feminists’ opposition to traditional African cultural practices such as polygamy and female circumcision? | Western feminists could easily being to sound like colonial missionaries and rulers. Which of the following best describes the response of global fundamentalism to modernity? | A selective rejection and a seeking of an alternative, more religious modernity. | Which of the following best characterizes the strategies pursued Islamic fundamentalist groups for achieving their political aims? |
Most attempted to gain power through elections and placing members in influential government and social positions, but some sought violent revolutions. | Why did Osama bin Laden and the leaders of al-Qaeda come to declare the United States as their enemy? They objected to American military presence in Saudi Arabia after the first Gulf War. | What was a major difference between Western environmental movements and environmentalists in developing countries? | Western environmentalists were concerned more with issues of pollution and limiting growth; environmentalists in developing countries were more concerned with food security and social justice. | In general, environmental movements in the Global South,| involved poor people rather than affluent members of the middle class. |
