Clash of Fundamentalisms

[Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema]

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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 20:21:32 +0000
From: "Justin Schwartz" <jkschw at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: The Clash of Fundamentalisms

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>Just what would a materialist analysis of indifference/hostility towards
>material
>well being consist of? Is there a hair shirt aesthetic that denies claims
>of being
>masochistic coursing through monotheisms?
>
>Ian

Actually Nietzsche'as account of asceticism in the Geneaology is materialist
. . . . jks
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Just rereading it now, mostly because of the discussion of "ascetic priests"
that I thought would be relevant to the priestly pedophilia scandal. Justin
is abundantly right about this. This is where Nietzsche is particularly
illuminating.

Also, on the specific history of Judaic, Christian and Islamic
fundamentalisms, see Karen Armstrong's Book FUNDAMENTALISM.

Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema