Fundamentalism

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Fundamentalist movements e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses, offer hope, direction and certainty in an increasingly insecure, confusing and morally lost world
Holden
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Term fundamentalism is a relatively new one - it is product of globalisation - it promises rigid, dogmatic beliefs and certainty. Contrasts fundamentalism with cosmopolitanism
Giddens
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Fundamentalism is response to living in postmodernity. Some embrace the freedom it brings while other attract to fundamentalism by its claims of absolute truth and certainty
Bauman
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Two types of response to postmodernity - resistant identity: defensive reaction of those who feel threatened and retreat to fundamentalist communities. Project identity: those who are forward looking
Castells
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Criticises them on several grounds: distinguish too sharply between cosmopolitanism and fundamentalism. Ignore differences between fundamentalism. Fixated on fundamentalism.
Beckford
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Main cause of fundamentalism is the perception of religious traditionalists that today's globalising world threatens their beliefs and lifestyle. Fundamentalism is confined to monotheistic religions and different fundamentalists have different origin
Bruce
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Term fundamentalism is a relatively new one - it is product of globalisation - it promises rigid, dogmatic beliefs and certainty. Contrasts fundamentalism with cosmopolitanism

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Fundamentalism is response to living in postmodernity. Some embrace the freedom it brings while other attract to fundamentalism by its claims of absolute truth and certainty

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Two types of response to postmodernity - resistant identity: defensive reaction of those who feel threatened and retreat to fundamentalist communities. Project identity: those who are forward looking

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Criticises them on several grounds: distinguish too sharply between cosmopolitanism and fundamentalism. Ignore differences between fundamentalism. Fixated on fundamentalism.

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