Fanaticism may be rising alarmingly fast. But it’s a very old problem. Several of history’s greatest thinkers offered solutions to the problem plaguing our politics ...

Inscribed: Believe not every Spirit, but try the Spirits whether they are of God: because many false Prophets are gone out into the World. William Hogarth (1697-1764), Credulity, Superstition, and ...

A bestseller in his homeland, it offers a grimly compelling insight into the psychology of fanaticism. The best-known acts are those of the Nazi leaders.

Religious fanaticism is a very real issue to deal with, as many fail to realise that there are such tendencies within oneself without even knowing it. There are many complications when religious ...

Fanaticism carried to these extremes poisons human relations, whether it rests its belief structure on secular foundations as was the case with the Nazis, or rests its claims on a religious creed.

When a bomb threat reaches one's front door as it did recently at Congregation Beth Israel, I grow more concerned about what I'm observing in our nation. The pace at which threats and acts of ...

Religious fanaticism and terrorism - Fri, August 7, 2009 - The Jakarta Post These days, terrorism is usually related to religion, more precisely Islam TheJakartaPost ...

Consequently fanaticism thrives in settings like prerevolutionary Russia or Weimar Germany, where a myriad of new lifestyle options rapidly emerges alongside an underlying sense of instability as ...