Fundamentalism: A Scientific Term or a Pejorative Label? On Some Aspects of the Non-Academic Use of the Term
https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2024-14-3-92-98
Abstract
The article is devoted to a critical analysis of the validity of the extended use of the term “fundamentalism” mainly in non-academic sources. In recent decades, fundamentalism has been used to refer to a wide range of social phenomena and ideologies that turn out to be conservative upon examination, and the label of fundamentalism serves as an opportunity to give the discussed subject a negative connotation that has formed among a wide range of people due to war on radical terrorist groups, some of which actually professed the ideology of Islamism. The author conducts a sociophilosophical analysis of the phenomenon of fundamentalism, drawing a clear and justified line that outlines the scope of the concept and allows it to be separated from superficially similar phenomena, such as conservatism.
About the Author
A. V. Volobuev
Financial University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexey V. Volobuev — Assoc. Prof. at the Department of Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications
Moscow
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Volobuev A.V. Fundamentalism: A Scientific Term or a Pejorative Label? On Some Aspects of the Non-Academic Use of the Term. Humanities and Social Sciences. Bulletin of the Financial University. 2024;14(3):92-98. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2024-14-3-92-98
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