Fundamentalism : a very short introduction / Malise Ruthven.
2007
BL238 .R87 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Fundamentalism : a very short introduction / Malise Ruthven.
Author
Ruthven, Malise.
ISBN
9780199212705 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0199212708 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0199212708 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Language
English
Description
154 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Call Number
BL238 .R87 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.5
Summary
From the Publisher: 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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This book was previously published in paperback as Fundamentalism: The Search for Meaning.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Very short introductions ; 155
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Table of Contents
Preface
List of illustrations
1: Family resemblances
2: Scandal of difference
3: Snares of literalism
4: Controlling women
5: Fundamentalism and nationalism I
6: Fundamentalism and nationalism II
7: Conclusion
References
Further reading
Index.
List of illustrations
1: Family resemblances
2: Scandal of difference
3: Snares of literalism
4: Controlling women
5: Fundamentalism and nationalism I
6: Fundamentalism and nationalism II
7: Conclusion
References
Further reading
Index.