Fundamentalism, sectarianism, and revolution:the Jacobin dimension of modernity

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eisenstadt S. N (Shmuel Noah), 1923-
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, U.K. New York
Publication Dates: 1999.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Cambridge cultural social studies
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Carrier Form: xi, 280 p.: ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0521641845 (hardcover)
0521645867 (pbk.)
Index Number: B911
CLC: B911
Call Number: B911/E364
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-269) and index.
1. Heterodoxies, sectrarianism and utopianism in the constitution of proto-fundamentalist movements -- 2. The great revolutions and the transformation of sectarian utopianism in the cultural and political program of modernity -- 3. Fundamentalism as a modern Jacobin anti-modern utopia and heterodoxy -- 4. Historical setting and variability of fundamentalist movements -- 5. Some considerations on modernity.