Peter Herriot

Religious Fundamentalism and Social Identity (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Applies social identity theory to fundamentalism, addressing two key questions: why do fundamentalists identify themselves as an in-group fighting against various out-groups? How do the psychological needs for self-esteem and meaning motivate them?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317724094
• Artikelnr.: 40529180

Autorenporträt

Peter Herriot has spent most of his working life as an academic, as a visiting professor at the University of Surrey and at the Open University Business School, concluding his career with a short period of consultancy. His subject area was organizational psychology, where he specialised in personnel selection, career development, and the employment relationship. Subsequent to retirement, he has sought to apply social and organizational psychology to the understanding of religious fundamentalism.