Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century

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Sargisson, Lucy (2007) Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century. Journal of Political Ideologies, 12 (3). pp. 269-287. ISSN 1356-9317 (Submitted)

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Abstract

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.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1017805
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations
Depositing User: Sargisson, Dr Lucy
Date Deposited: 23 Feb 2010 10:03
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 20:29
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/1232

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