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Fundamentalism

By Malise Ruthven

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2007
ISBN
9780199212705, 0199212708
Open Library ID
OL7403156M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3885951 bytes)
Series
Very Short Introductions
Pages
177\177
Topic
Education
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

Fundamentalism is seen as the major threat to world peace 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. Here, Middle East expert Malise Ruthven investigates fundamentalism's historical, social, religious, political, and ideological roots, and tackles the polemic and stereotypes surrounding this complex phenomena--one that eludes simple definition, yet urgently needs to be understood.

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