Fundamentalist World

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FUNDAMENTAIISIWORID
THE NEW DARK AGE OF DDGMA
'George Bush was not elected by a majority of voters in the United States. He was appointed by God.'
Jerry Boykin, Under-Secretary for Defense in the Bush Administration, 2003
.1 'America is full of fear from its north
i to its south, from its west to its east.
¦ Thank God for that.'
i i ! i ! Osama bin Laden, 2001
1) ° The collapse of the Argentinian economy,
11!, ' v'' " the rise of the far right, 9/11, suicide
I'ly bombings in the Middle East, campaigns
:,'!,' I i ' I against multiculturalism, anti-abortion
' j I r 'i' i';^" terrorism, the militia movement in America,
. ]•! ' ' ^ teaching creationism in schools, riots at
; I' , Miss World: what ties these seemingly
unrelated phenomena together?
All are products of a fundamentalist ' " ' mentality, determined to crush all opposing
Ideas. Belief in these kinds of universal !1 theories was, until recently, assumed to
be in decline. Stuart Sim argues that this ' is... Tovább

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i
FUNDAMENTAIISIWORID
THE NEW DARK AGE OF DDGMA
'George Bush was not elected by a majority of voters in the United States. He was appointed by God.'
Jerry Boykin, Under-Secretary for Defense in the Bush Administration, 2003
.1 'America is full of fear from its north
i to its south, from its west to its east.
¦ Thank God for that.'
i i ! i ! Osama bin Laden, 2001
1) ° The collapse of the Argentinian economy,
11!, ' v'' " the rise of the far right, 9/11, suicide
I'ly bombings in the Middle East, campaigns
:,'!,' I i ' I against multiculturalism, anti-abortion
' j I r 'i' i';^" terrorism, the militia movement in America,
. ]•! ' ' ^ teaching creationism in schools, riots at
; I' , Miss World: what ties these seemingly
unrelated phenomena together?
All are products of a fundamentalist ' " ' mentality, determined to crush all opposing
Ideas. Belief in these kinds of universal !1 theories was, until recently, assumed to
be in decline. Stuart Sim argues that this ' is far from true.
History, power, security, control, fulfilment, purity, identity and self-definition are key themes of the curiously modern renaissance of fundamentalist thought. And fundamentalism is no fringe enthusiasm, but an increasingly mainstream and powerful influence.
Whether it's religious, political, imperialist, nationalist or even market fundamentalism, believe it: we live in an increasingly fundamentalist world. Vissza