Fundamentalism, Sectarianism, and Revolution: The Jacobin Dimension of Modernity

by S.N. Eisenstadt

Book Overview

This book is a major comparative analysis of fundamentalist movements in historical and cultural context, spanning revolutionary France, America and Japan, with an emphasis on the contemporary scene. Leading sociologist S. N. Eisenstadt examines the protofundamentalist movements that arose in the great axial civilizations in premodern times in order to illuminate the meaning of the global rise of fundamentalism that is shown to be an important current...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521645867
• ISBN13: 9780521645867
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"