Extremism: A Philosophical Analysis

ISBN-13: 9780367343880 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 244 str.

Quassim Cassam

Opis

Essential reading for anyone interested in the topic, not only in Philosophy but related disciplines such as Politics and International Relations, Conflict and Terrorism studies, Law, Education and Religion, and policy-makers and those engaged in understanding extremism at any level.

Spis treści

Preface  Introduction  1. How to think about extremism  2. Ideological extremism  3. Methods extremism  4. The psychology of extremism  5. Extremism, fanaticism, fundamentalism  6. Why not extremism?  7. Pathways to extremism  8. Countering extremism  Conclusion: the new extremism.  References  Index

O autorze

Quassim Cassam is Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of several books, most recently Vices of the Mind: From the Intellectual to the Political (2019) and Conspiracy Theories (2019).