Religious fundamentalism, individuality, and collective identity: A case study of two student organizations in Iran
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 collect...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Critical research on religion |
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Sage
2020
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Critical research on religion
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| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Iran
/ Studentenvereinigung
/ Islam
/ Fundamentalismus
/ Religiöse Identität
/ Individualismus
/ Gruppenidentität
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik BJ Islam KBL Naher Osten; Nordafrika |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Collective identity
B Individualism B Individuality B Religious Fundamentalism B Collectivism |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303219900226 |