Louis says:
>"Fundamentalism" is far too broad a category. Right now western pundits
worry that Islamic fundamentalists led by al-Qaeda might overthrow the
Saudi regime in the aftermath of 9/11--said regime being fundamentalist
to the core. It is like trying to use the word "Christianism" to
describe, for example, all the struggles that tore Europe apart in the
17th century. That some German Protestant peasant believed in the
divinity of Jesus Christ does not really tie him in any way to the
Catholic landlord who opposed him from the other side of the barricade.
Right now the US is at war with Philippino 'fundamentalists'. ...<
this is right. "Fundamentalism," though a real phenomenon, can only be understood in context. It's usually a political tool, for promoting other purposes: Christian fundamentalism, e.g., is often a tool for defending patriarchy and the like.
JD
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