Religion and conflict : fundamentalism Flashcards
(13 cards)
according to GIDDens what 4 characteristics beginning with T does fundamentalism have ?
Traditionalism
Texts as being infallible
Teachers being clergy or elders
The only truth is theirs
what Responses to post modernity is there according to Bauman?
similar to giddens , a boost of fundamentalism as a result of uncertainty to loss of tradition
what does castells say are the two identities people have to post modernity ?
resistant identity - defensive reaction retreating into fundamentalism
project identity -
people who move forward with movements such as fundamentalism
A03 for castells and Baumann
poeple joint fundamentalist groups are part of churches already , they already have tradition and stability from church . maybe other factors push them toward it
Bruce finds fundamentalism coming as a result of what ?
cultural defence in iran
how did cultural defence come about in iran ?
in the 60s the shah westernised iran in being secular
1979 a regime occurred . caused sharia law to be reimposed as cultural defence against perceived external enemy .
A03: cultural defence in Iran
can be weak religion- only important in cultural defence and then it declines
who says civilisations are incompatible in religion causing conflict ?
Huntington
what does Huntington say in his theory ?
there is a major clash of civilisation
globalised world - religion has become a source of identity .
it is a identity that fills gaps
what does huntington add that he sees ?
history is a struggle against barbarism.
west is under threat of islam , and needs to reassert its identity christian.
how does jackson criticise huntington ?
he accuses him of orientalism - being against east and blindly superciliously supporting the west
What is the feminist argument for an increase in fundamentalism?
that it occurs as a response to feminism .
women encouraged to escape confines and be powerful.
leads to crisis of masculinity - fundamentalism as the antidote
A03: feminist perspective .
fundamentalism as a response to feminism is oriocentric - only apply to the west
