Religious fundamentalism, individuality, and collective identity
A case study of two student organizations in Iran
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3867936 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mohammad Razaghi (0000-0003-0190-8419, corresponding author), Hasan Chavoshian, Hamid Ebadollahi Chanzanagh (0000-0002-9122-7643, University of Guilan), Kamran Rabiei (0000-0002-0392-9216, Tarbiat Modares University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-24 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Research on Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2050-3032 • E-ISSN: 2050-3040 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2050303219900226 |
| OpenAlex | W3003110031 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 27 |
This study investigates the relationships between religious fundamentalism, collective identity, and individuality. The questions addressed in this research are: Who is joining fundamentalist student organizations? Why and how are they doing so? And, how do these organizations maintain their collective identity in the face of ever-growing individualism? To gain an adequate understanding of the fundamentalist characteristics of such organizations, we first explored the existing theoretical literature. Then, we performed a qualitative case study of two student organizations at the University of Guilan: the Basij and Welayat Lovers. Our findings indicate that although these organizations strongly tend to define and impose a unified collective identity on their members, some important social trends, such as the expansion of secularist higher education and rising levels of students' knowledge, skills, and their reinforced individuality, leave little room for the growth of a fundamentalist collective identity
Collective identity · Fundamentalism · Individualism · Political science · Politics · Religiosity · Religious identity · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Law · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |