Fundamentalism: A Very Short Introduction

Fundamentalism: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Fundamentalism is seen as the major threat to world peace today, a conclusion impossible to ignore since the events in New York on September 11 2001. But what is fundamentalism? Malise Ruthven tackles the polemic and stereotypes surrounding this complex phenomenon – one that eludes simple definition, yet urgently needs to be understood.

JPF; JPB; HRA; JPS

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Malise Ruthven (Freelance writer and journalist, and Visiting Professor at the University of California, San Diego.) – Oxford University Press