Description: This anthology addresses the topic of --fundamentalism and gender-- from inter- and trans-disciplinary perspectives. By referring to three major themes----Literalism, Religion, and Science, -- --Nation, State, and Community, -- and --Body, Life, and Biopolitics----the book focuses on the analytical diversification of the term --fundamentalism-- and on intersections between religion, gender, sexuality, race, and nation. International scholars in cultural history and theory, religious studies, Christian theologies, Islamic studies, history, social sciences, anthropology,...

Modern identity politics around the world are gendered and sexualized in multiple ways. Constructions of the imagined collective 'self' often contain references to a heteronormative order, whereas relevant internal or external 'others' are often felt to deviate from this order through their gendered or sexual practices. By contrast, some western countries have witnessed the evolution of LGBTQI-friendly discourses by certain political actors in recent years, often in the context of the post-9/11 culture wars. This pathbreaking book focusses on perceptions of 'self' and 'other' in western...