Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century

Why is it so difficult to respond to religious fundamentalism from within a liberal paradigm? This paper explores a core problem within religious fundamentalism, stemming from its relationship to the phenomenon of utopianism. This is a complex relationship, which occurs on several different levels,...

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Main Author: Sargisson, Lucy
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Published: Routledge 2007
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1232/
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description Why is it so difficult to respond to religious fundamentalism from within a liberal paradigm? This paper explores a core problem within religious fundamentalism, stemming from its relationship to the phenomenon of utopianism. This is a complex relationship, which occurs on several different levels, including the content of fundamentalist visions (religious fundamentalisms contain utopian visions of the good life), and its structural paradigm (utopianism and fundamentalism both stem from discontent with the now, challenge cornerstones of their contemporaneous world, and desire radically different alternatives). Of greatest concern is an attachment to perfection, which permits a malign form of utopianism to propel religious actors into a politics of ‘divinely sanctioned’ violence.
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spelling nottingham-12322020-05-04T20:29:09Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1232/ Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century Sargisson, Lucy Why is it so difficult to respond to religious fundamentalism from within a liberal paradigm? This paper explores a core problem within religious fundamentalism, stemming from its relationship to the phenomenon of utopianism. This is a complex relationship, which occurs on several different levels, including the content of fundamentalist visions (religious fundamentalisms contain utopian visions of the good life), and its structural paradigm (utopianism and fundamentalism both stem from discontent with the now, challenge cornerstones of their contemporaneous world, and desire radically different alternatives). Of greatest concern is an attachment to perfection, which permits a malign form of utopianism to propel religious actors into a politics of ‘divinely sanctioned’ violence. Routledge 2007 Article NonPeerReviewed Sargisson, Lucy (2007) Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century. Journal of Political Ideologies, 12 (3). pp. 269-287. ISSN 1356-9317 (Submitted) http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13569317.asp
spellingShingle Sargisson, Lucy
Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century
title Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century
title_full Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century
title_fullStr Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century
title_full_unstemmed Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century
title_short Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century
title_sort religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century
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