Fundamentalism, sectarianism, and revolution: the Jacobin dimension of modernity
Fundamentalism, Sectarianism, and Revolution is a major comparative analysis of fundamentalist movements in cultural and political context, with an emphasis on the contemporary scene. Leading sociologist S. N. Eisenstadt examines the meaning of the global rise of fundamentalism as one very forceful...
| Subtitles: | Fundamentalism, Sectarianism, & Revolution |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1999.
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| In: | Year: 1999 |
| Reviews: | Fundamentalism, sectarianism, and revolution. The Jacobin dimension of modernity. By S. N. Eisenstadt. (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies.) Pp. xiv+280. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. £40 (cloth), £14.95 (paper). 0 521 64184 5; 0 521 64586 7 (2001) (Martin, David)
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| Series/Journal: | Cambridge cultural social studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
The Modern
/ Fundamentalism
/ Comparison of cultures
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| Further subjects: | B
Radicalism
B Civilization, Modern B Religious Fundamentalism Political aspects B Religious fundamentalism ; Political aspects |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9780521641845 |
| Summary: | Fundamentalism, Sectarianism, and Revolution is a major comparative analysis of fundamentalist movements in cultural and political context, with an emphasis on the contemporary scene. Leading sociologist S. N. Eisenstadt examines the meaning of the global rise of fundamentalism as one very forceful contemporary response to tensions in modernity and the dynamics of civilization. He compares modern fundamentalist movements with the proto-fundamentalist movements which arose in the 'axial civilizations' in pre-modern times; he shows how the great revolutions in Europe which arose in connection with these movements shaped the political and cultural programmes of modernity; and he contrasts post-Second World War Moslem, Jewish and Protestant fundamentalist movements with communal national movements, notably in Asia. The central theme of the book is the distinctively Jacobin features of fundamentalist movements and their ambivalent attitude to tradition: above all their attempts to essentialize tradition in an ideologically totalistic way. Eisenstadt has won the Amalfi book prize. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511520824 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511520822 |