期刊名称：Ciencias Sociales y Religión / Ciências Sociais e Religião
印刷版ISSN：1518-4463
电子版ISSN：1982-2650
出版年度：2002
卷号：04
期号：04
页码：167-186
出版社：Associação de Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
摘要：In this paper, we present the scope and role of the fundamentalist religious movements as new actors of the post-Cold war era. We emphasize that the Islamic and Jewish fundamentalisms are able to assume different forms and roles: in some circumstances they are a phenomenon more moderate, but in others they are more violent. There are a variety of fundamentalist movements, both state and non – state actors, traditional and emergent actors, that are a consequence of the specific social, political and cultural characteristics of respective nations, areas and historic circumstances. We argue that the main component of the most radical movements is the intolerance toward persons that form part of a disliked group. This religious fanaticism – that share both Islamic and Jewish movements – is more profound now because of the radicalisation in the Israeli – Palestinian Conflict. Finally, we examine the role of Islamic fundamentalisms in some Latin American countries.
