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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813881403321

Autore

Ruthven Malise

Titolo

Fundamentalism : the search for meaning / / Malise Ruthven

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-164722-5

1-280-75219-X

0-19-151738-0

1-4294-3100-8

Descrizione fisica

vi, 246 p

Disciplina

200/.9/04

200.904

Soggetti

Religious fundamentalism

Radicalism

Fundamentalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Family Resemblances -- 2 The Scandal of Difference -- 3 The Snares of Literalism -- 4 Controlling Women -- 5 Fundamentalism and Nationalism I -- 6 Fundamentalism and Nationalism II -- 7 Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Fundamentalist movements are seen as the major threat to world peace today, yet 'fundamentalism' is a term that eludes easy definitions. Malise Ruthven, writing with engaging clarity and directness, offers the first book to expose the nature of both religious and secular fundamentalism worldwide and to explore its many forms.