The 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 Toscano's 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.
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