THE PHENOMENON OF FANATICISM
THE PHENOMENON OF FANATICISM
Author(s): Zofia RosińskaSubject(s): Social Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: fanaticism; intentionality; intolerance; missionary attitude
Summary/Abstract: The paper describes the model shape of fanaticism. It defines fanaticism as a willing enslavement of personality and analysed the following features of it: intentionality, missionary attitude, being in love, intolerance, ability to satisfy ambivalent desires for objectivization and for subjectivization, and ability to evoke ambivalent feelings: moral condemnation and the feeling of admiration.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 159-164
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English