Contesting Fundamentalisms - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155266127X ISBN 13: 9781552661277

Publisher: Fernwood Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Fundamentalism has been thrust into the limelight by recent world events. It is necessary to understand fundamentalism in order to contest its claims, but talk of fundamentalism lacks precision.

In Contesting Fundamentalisms, the authors cast a wide net to include an array of ideological positions in social and cultural movements, as well as more traditional areas of religious practice. The chapters critically investigate the nature of fundamentalism in economics, nationalism, ethnic relations, Aboriginal politics, gender politics and religious practice. Each of these areas is made clearer, or shown in a different light, by viewing them through a fundamentalist lens. These essays invite a multidimensional understanding of whom or what may be called “fundamentalist” and the dilemmas that this naming creates.

About this title

About the Author

JoAnn Jaffe is a professor of Sociology and Social Studies at the University of Regina. Carol Schick is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. Ailsa Watkinson is an associate professor with the Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155266127X
• ISBN 13: 9781552661277
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186
• Editor: JoAnn Jaffe