Presentation prepared for a series of lectures on Fundamentalism for PS 240 introduction to Political Theory at the University of Kentucky, Spring 2007. Dr. Christopher S. Rice, Instructor.
49. Secular Humanism Public/Private Split, Banishment of Religion from Public Sphere Science Individualism Relativism & Multiculturalism
50. Relativism the viewpoint that all beliefs and practices are simply matters of taste, including those beliefs of the fundamentalists. No belief or practice may be viewed as objectively correct.
53. Superpatriotism the tendency to place nationalistic pride and supremacy above every other public consideration, the readiness to follow our leaders uncritically in their dealings with other nations, especially confrontations involving the use of military force and violence.
54. “ We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety. We have seen their kind before. They are the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of the 20th century. By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions – by abandoning every value except the will to power – they follow in the path of fascism, and Nazism, and totalitarianism. ” President George W. Bush, “Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People”
56. Totalitarianism the complete control of society – government, social, economic, cultural institutions – in order to fulfill an ideological vision of how society should be organized and how life should be lived.