Abstract: This entry first provides an overview of the academic use of the concept of extremism over the last few decades, then discusses the difficulties with definitions, and finally offers suggesti…
Extremism(935 words)
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Pieter Nanninga, “Extremism”, in: Vocabulary for the Study of Religion, General Editors Robert A. Segal, Kocku Von Stuckrad. Consulted online on 21 January 2019 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004249707_vsr_COM_00000304>
First published online: 2016
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