Fanaticism: A Political Philosophical History
- ISBN-10
- 0812298624
- ISBN-13
- 9780812298628
- Category
- Fanaticism
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Author
- Zachary Robert Goldsmith
Description
"As the post-WWII liberal democratic consensus comes under assault around the globe, this book investigates a timely topic: the re-emergence of fanaticism. Fanaticism: A Philosophical Political History traces the history of the concept from ancient times to our present moment of extremism run amok, offering a novel account of a term that resists easy definition. Drawing on the work of Immanuel Kant, Edmund Burke, and Fyodor Dostoevsky, Zachary R. Goldsmith explores fanaticism's transformation into a political concept around the time of the French Revolution, and in the process, shows us why fanaticism is antidemocratic, illiberal, anti-political, and never necessary"--
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