{"product_id":"fanaticism-on-the-uses-of-an-idea-9781844674244","title":"Fanaticism: On the Uses of an Idea","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe idea of fanaticism as a deviant or extreme variant of an already irrational set of religious beliefs is today invoked by the West in order to demonize and psychologize any non-liberal politics. Alberto Toscanos compelling and erudite counter-history explodes this accepted interpretation in exploring the critical role fanaticism played in forming modern politics and the liberal state. Tracing its development from the traumatic Peasants War of early sixteenth-century Germany to contemporary Islamism  Toscano tears apart the sterile opposition of reasonableness and fanaticism. Instead  in a radical new interpretation  he places the fanatic at the very heart of politics  arguing that historical and revolutionary transformations require a new understanding of his role. Showing how fanaticism results from the failure to formulate an adequate emancipatory politics  this illuminating history sheds new light on an idea that continues to dominate debates about faith and secularism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652414464053,"sku":"ByrdShop_184467424X","price":47.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781844674244.jpg?v=1781851461","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/fanaticism-on-the-uses-of-an-idea-9781844674244","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}