Charles B. Strozier

The Fundamentalist Mindset: Psychological Perspectives on Religion, Violence, and History

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This penetrating book sheds light on the psychology of fundamentalism, with a particular focus on those who become extremists and fanatics. What accounts for the violence that emerges among some fundamentalist groups? The contributors to this book identify several factors: a radical dualism, in which all aspects of life are bluntly categorized as either good or evil; a destructive inclination to interpret authoritative texts, laws, and teachings in the most literalof terms; an extreme and totalized conversion experience; paranoid thinking; and an apocalyptic world view. After examining each of these concepts in detail, and showing the ways i… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Terman, David M. / Jones, James W.

ISBN: 978-0-19-537966-2
EAN: 9780195379662
Produktnummer: 21756298
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 296 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.4 cm 496 g
Gewicht: 496

Über den Autor

Charles B. Strozier is Professor of History and Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, John Jay College, and a practicing psychoanalyst. David M. Terman is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst and Director of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. James W. Jones is Professor of Religion and adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University. Katharine A. Boyd is a doctoral student at John Jay College, City University of New York.