The Human Nature Review  2002 Volume 2: 469-482 ( 30 October )
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Original Article

The Origins and Nature of Fundamentalism in Society
By
Niccolo Caldararo, PhD., Department of Anthropology, San Francisco State
University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, Ca. 94132, USA.

Abstract

The current debate on the nature of fundamentalism is outlined in this paper.
Ethnohistorical materials are used to define the origins of this concept and to
describe the function and structure of such movements in past societies. The
relationship of identity, religion and global economy and hegemony are
discussed as formative elements of fundamentalist movements. Some prospects for
the future are presented.

Keywords: Fundamentalism, identity, legitimacy, hegemony, modernity, Islam,
Religion, Christianity, Judea, fanaticism, traditional society, complex,
Society, Roman history, social collapse, revitalization movements, Revivalist
movements.

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