Fundamentalism

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ID22366766
AuthorsEnzo Pace (0000-0002-6861-3415, University of Padua, corresponding author)
Year2016
Pages1-4
Publication date2016-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosf079.pub2
OpenAlexW4253819340
ISBN9781405165518
LanguageEN
References cited10

Fundamentalism is a controversial issue. The social scientists who accept the concept and take a global, comparative approach are divided: some interpret the phenomenon as an expression (or the quintessence) of modernity; others see it as a reaction to modernity. This is part of a broader debate in social theory on the classical dichotomy between tradition and modernity, postmodernity and globalization. Fundamentalism and terrorism differ in principle, but the latter sometimes becomes a sort of senile disease of the former. The violent radicalization of some fundamentalist groups very often occurs when their fundamentalist project to gain political power or impose their cultural hegemony over society fails. Religious violence intensifies when those in power suppress such groups by violent means, prompting them to go underground, take up arms and use terrorist attacks to combat the political establishment. The holistic worldview very often degenerates into cleansing schemes to eliminate religious minorities or ethnic groups

Criminology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Fundamentalism · Globalization · Hegemony · Modernity · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Postmodernity · Radicalization · Sociology · Terrorism · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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