1st Edition

Globalization, Modernity and the Rise of Religious Fundamentalism The Challenge of Religious Resurgence against the “End of History” (A Dialectical Kaleidoscopic Analysis)

By Dimitrios Methenitis Copyright 2019
145 Pages
by Routledge

145 Pages
by Routledge

145 Pages
by Routledge

The emergence of religious fundamentalism in a globalized, post-colonial world poses a significant challenge to the "End of History" narratives common in academic and non-academic literature alike. Globalization, Modernity and the Rise of Religious Fundamentalism proposes that we must seek new explanations for this phenomenon that recasts the relationship between globalization, modernity and... Read more

Preface



Acknowledgments



Introduction: Deus ex Machina





1   Religious Geopolitics





2   A Kaleidoscopic Dialectical Methodology







3   Globalization, Hybridity and Religion





4   Modernity and Religion



5   Theories of Religion



6   Religious Fundamentalism: A Hybrid Construct of Modernity and Tradition





7   Conclusion: Postcolonialism and its Discontents



Index





 

Biography

Dimitrios Methenitis is a scientific assistant in the Greek-Chinese Center for Entrepreneurship, Greece.