Fundamentalism in the Modern World Vol 2: Fundamentalism and Communication: Culture, Media and the Public Sphere (International Library of Political Studies)

How does religious fundamentalism operate in modern global society? This is the second book in a two-volume set analyzes the dynamics of fundamentalism and its relationship to the modern state, the public sphere and globalization. This volume explores the links between fundamentalism and communication: the rise of fundamentalism as a mass media phenomenon, fundamentalist communication in the public sphere, national cultural identities and the rise of a ""global society."" Expert scholars in the field address specific contemporary and past fundamentalist movements that have emerged from within mainstream Islam, Christianity, Baha’ism, Hinduism, Judaism and Buddhism. This is an important study of an increasingly significant and virulent aspect of modern society, and will be essential reading in the fields of Religion, Politics, Communications and Media Studies. Contents 5 List of Illustrations 7 List of Contributors 8 Introduction: Fundamentalism and Communication: Culture, Media and the Public Sphere -- Ulrika Martensson, Jennifer Bailey, Priscilla Ringrose, Asbjorn Dyrendal 12 1. Global Communication online against Fundamentalist Knowledge offline? -- May Thorseth 36 2. The Validity of Human Rights and the Problem of Religious Fundamentalism -- Petra Hedberg 60 3. Public Ritual as Communication in the Mass Media: Inclusion or ex-communication -- Stefano M. Bisighin and Lionel Sacks 84 4. The Gold Standard of Fundamentalist Methodologies -- Lionel Sacks 113 5. The Cartoon Controversy in Norway: The New Christian Right and Liberal Fundamentalism Confronting Islam? -- Oddbjorn Leirvik 136 6. Americans Conservative Protestants and Embedded Literacy -- Jennifer L. Bailey 158 7. The Quest for the 'Perfect Tile': Fundamentalism in Roman Catholicism -- Michael Trainor 180 8. Hizb Ut-Tah and the Public Sphere in Bangladesh: Confronting the Crisis -- Ahmed Abidur Razzaque Khan 203 9. Cyber-Buddhism: Fundamentalism, the Internet and the Public Sphere in Thailand -- Sorai Hongladarom and Krisadawan Hongladarom 227 10. The Quest for Orthodoxy and Tradition in Islam: Hanbali Responses to Sufism -- Gavin N. Picken 248 11. Islamic Fundamentalism in Arab Television: Islamism and Salafism in Competition -- Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen 275 12. Religion, Family and Modernity in Zadie Smith's White Teeth -- Priscilla Ringrose 303 13. The Ball is not Always Round: Deliberations over Global Football Among Radical Muslim 'Fundamentalist' -- Moshe Terdman 324 Index 340 "How does religious fundamentalism operate in modern global society? This two-volume series analyses the dynamics of fundamentalism and its relationship to the modern state, the public sphere and globalisation. This second volume explores the links between fundamentalism and communication: the rise of fundamentalism as a mass media phenomenon, fundamentalist communication in the public sphere, national cultural identities and the rise of a 'global society'. Expert scholars in the field address specific contemporary and past fundamentalist movements that have emerged from within mainstream Islam, Christianity, Baha'ism, Hinduism, Judaism and Buddhism. This is an important study of an increasingly significant and virulent aspect of modern society, and will be essential reading in the fields of Religion, Politics, Communications and Media Studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing. V. 1. Fundamentalism, Politics And History : The State, Globalisation And Political Ideologies -- V. 2. Fundamentalism And Communication : Culture, Media And The Public Sphere. Edited By Ulrika Mårtensson ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.