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Fundamentalism. A Very Short Introduction

By Malise Ruthven

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2007
ASIN
B003CYCUQI
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3885043 bytes)
Pages
177\177
Topic
Education
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

surrounding this complex phenomenon - one that eludes sim today, a conclusion impossible to ignore since the events in New York on September 11 2001. But what does 'fundamentalism' really mean?Since it was coined by American Protestant evangelicals in the 1920s, the use of the term 'fundamentalist' has expanded to include a diverse range of radical conservatives and ideological purists, not all religious. Fundamentalism could now mean both militant Israeli settlers as well as the Islamist radicals who oppose them, it can mean Christians, Hindus, animal liberationists, and even Buddhist nationalists. Ruthven investigates fundamentalism's historical, social, religious, political, andideological roots, and tackles the polemic and stereotypes surrounding this complex phenomenon - one that eludes simple definition, yet urgently needs to be understood.

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