Muhammad Elvis Ngum
Biographic Data
| ID | 4184465 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Muhammad Elvis Ngum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Muhammad Elvis |
| FAMILY NAME | Ngum |
| SIGNATURE | NGUM M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | City of Cape Town |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The allure of essentialism and extremist ideologies
This paper examines different reasons that make essentialist thinking, and by extension extremist ideologies based on such logic, attractive to individuals. Drawing from theories of personal and social identities, we examine the benefits derived from adopting an essentialist and reductionist ideology: an increased sense of clarity and agency, ease of moral judgements and a simple interpretative framework and prescriptions for social life. We also…
The allure of essentialism and extremist ideologies
This paper examines different reasons that make essentialist thinking, and by extension extremist ideologies based on such logic, attractive to individuals. Drawing from theories of personal and social identities, we examine the benefits derived from adopting an essentialist and reductionist ideology: an increased sense of clarity and agency, ease of moral judgements and a simple interpretative framework and prescriptions for social life. We also…
The allure of essentialism and extremist ideologies
This paper examines different reasons that make essentialist thinking, and by extension extremist ideologies based on such logic, attractive to individuals. Drawing from theories of personal and social identities, we examine the benefits derived from adopting an essentialist and reductionist ideology: an increased sense of clarity and agency, ease of moral judgements and a simple interpretative framework and prescriptions for social life. We also…
Agency (philosophy (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Essentialism (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works) · Ideology (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works)