Fundamentalism: Prophecy and Protest in the Age of Globalisation by Torkel Brekke

Saurabh Mishra

Archive data: Person was Research Assistant at IDSA Saurabh Mishra is a Research Assistant at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses since February 2011. He has done his Ph.D.… Continue reading Fundamentalism: Prophecy and Protest in the Age of Globalisation by Torkel Brekke read more

The book is based on the premise that ‘fundamentalism’ that gives an impression of antiquity is a modern phenomenon and ‘relatively a recent thing’ (p. 17). It explains fundamentalism as a powerful reaction against modernity that has brought unprecedented linear transformations in the economic, political, scientific and educational spheres undermining the influence of tradition and religion over the past couple of centuries. Fundamentalism is an endeavour to reverse the ‘negative side’ of modernity