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ON SEDUCTION BY AN IDEA. AN ATTEMPT AT A PHILOSOPHY OF FANATICISM
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The presented article is an attempt at an analysis of the issue of fanaticism. Looking at the present times, we are left with an idea that fanaticism is not only a serious problem, but a kind of moment in which a modern to be or not to be or humanity plays out. Fanaticism has its sources, its roots. It did not come out of nowhere; it is not the invention of Muslims, Christians, the wealthy, the possessed, or the passionate. It is analysed as a social, cultural and ethical phenomenon, as well as a political and religious one. The following text is an attempt at a philosophical analysis of this disquieting phenomenon. I posit that at its roots is something I call a seduction by an idea. In the study, the phenomenological analysis method will be used.
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