Fundamentalism
Fundamentalism usually has a religious connotation that indicates unwavering attachment to a set of irreducible beliefs. However, fundamentalism has come to be applied to a tendency among certain groups – mainly, although not exclusively, in religion – that is characterized by a markedly strict literalism as it is applied to certain specific scriptures, dogmas, or ideologies, and a strong sense of the importance of maintaining ingroup and outgroup distinctions, leading to an emphasis on purity and the desire to return to a previous ideal from which advocates believe members have strayed. Rejection of diversity of opinion as applied to these …
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DDN: Dundurn Press · 6 February 2024 English
Through his thirty years in politics, Jason Kenney successfully shifted Canada’s political discourse to the right. To do so, he cultivated a burgeoning right-wing populist movement, of which he ultimately …
allowed him to pursue his economic and religious fundamentalism simultaneously. This chapter examines his role …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 20 January 2024 English
Breaks the deafening silence of Indigenous women’s voices in academic leadership positions. Since the 2015 release of the report on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, new Indigenous policies …
tied to the entrenchment of a “Eurocentric fundamentalism” (Grosfoguel, 2016)—especially in the form … can be traced back to their ties to European fundamentalism, which isS E T T L E R C O L O N I A L A …
PMLQ: Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec · 19 November 2023 English
Over the past 36 days, the WHO has recorded at least 137 Israeli attacks on health care facilities in Gaza, resulting in the killing of 521 people and the injury …
should also serve to stand against "Islamic fundamentalism," a pet theme of her National Rally (RN) known …
CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 1 November 2023 English
and widespread deployment of green technologies, culminating in a paradigm shift from market fundamentalism to state-driven activism. The imperative to avoid lagging behind has necessitated a more proactive …
culminating in a paradigm shift from market fundamentalism to state-driven activism. The imperative to …
Wilson Center Canada · 27 October 2023 English
In a moment where bilateral regulatory mistrust threatens to dismantle many of the financial ties built-up over the last three decades, understanding the mindset of the Chinese regulator becomes all …
accumulation and to a kind of neoliberal market fundamentalism. The key difference is that COFCO is a Chinese …
OpenMedia.ca · 22 June 2023 English
Taking into account both the dysfunction of the current wholesale access framework to enable services-based competition and the failures of infrastructure funding programs to enable non-incumbent facilities buildout in rural, …
more. If we need examples, look to religious fundamentalism, more people have been able to break that poisonous …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 6 June 2023 English
Embodiment coach Tara Teng helps us untangle ourselves from centuries of body-based oppression built into our societal systems. When we embrace our relationship with our bodies, we can take back …
embodi- ment as a spiritual practice. Where fundamentalism taught me to distrust my body, embodiment …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 April 2023 English
In a world of increasing right-wing populism, global capitalism, and a climate emergency, leading thinkers come together to interrogate the meaning and practice of being outspoken. The violence, nativism, persecution, …
white supremacy, voter suppression, market fundamentalism, and authoritarianism. Trumpism represents …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 April 2023 English
Redirecting examinations of the culture of the city away from its customs, art, and amenities to focus on the mental life of modern society, Alan Blum explores the methods cities …
on? Both extremes of narrow- minded dogmatic fundamentalism that reject new explorations and influences …
APF: Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada · 27 January 2023 English
IN BRIEF Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs Bilawal Bhutto- Zardari, on January 17, ruled out the possibility of talks with the TTP and accused the previous government, led by Imran …
fuelled by both Pashtun nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism, the TTP has threatened Pakistan with fresh …
