Volume 15, Issue 2, Autumn 2010
Karol Giedrojc
Pages 427-442
Die Grundlagen des Modernen Fundamentalismus
The idea of fundamentalism is repeatedly present in mass media and often occupies the center of religious and political discussions. There are some
sociological conditions of fundamentalism and different applications of the term in mass media. The psychological research tries to explain the phenomenon as
well. The philosophical analysis put the question of the nature of fundamentalism. The following text tries to give an answer to such a question. The fundamentalism seems to be no traditional, but inherently a modern movement that it´s religious convictions puts absolutely through, mainly in politics.