Una
Chapman Cox Distinguished Professor of International Affairs,
Trinity
University, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Rising
numbers of terrorist attacks by militant Muslims have grabbed headlines
all over the world. Yet Islamism is only one example of religious
resurgence, and terrorism is only one manifestation of its political
activism. "Fundamentalism" will be discussed as a concept used
to describe religious movements of various kinds including not only
Islamists but also such movements as the Christian religious right, the
Jewish religious right, Hindutva, and Falun Gong.
The Washington Consensus will be touched on arguing that it’s another
kind of fundamentalism. What these fundamentalisms are up to, in what
sense they are religious, and why
we should be concerned about them.