The Search for Fundamentals: The Process of Modernisation and the Quest for Meaning

Foreword; G. Leibbrandt. Part I: Modernism and the Search for Fundamentals. Introduction; L. van Vucht Tijssen. Theories of Modernisation and the Search for Fundamentals; L. van Vucht Tijssen. Part II: Religion and the Search for Fundamentals. Introduction; F. Lechner. The Search for Fundamentals and Islamic Fundamentalism; S. Amir Arjomand. Modernisation and Islamic Fundamentalism; U. Kupferschmidt. Survival Strategies of Conservative Protestants in Dutch Society; H. Stoffels. World Views in Support of Traditional Christian Religion; R. Eisinga. Fundamentalism: Origins and Influence; F. Lechner. Part III: Secular Values and the Search for Fundamentals. Introduction; J. Berting. Fundamentals and Civil Religiosity; M. ter Borg. Equality and Diversity. Radical Feminism and the Quest for Fundamentals; R. Braidotti. The New Age Movement, Industrial Life and the Search for Fundamentals; P. Heelas. Part IV: Modernisation, Colonialism and the Search for Fundamentals. Introduction; L. van Vucht Tijssen. The Caribbean Counter-Plantation. Rural Formation Heritage and the Contemporary Search for Fundamentals; A. Quintero-Rivera. Preventing or Criticising the Process of Modernisation? The Case of Brasil; O. Velho. Part V: Modernity and the Search for Fundamentals. Introduction; J. Berting. Modernisation, Human Rights and the Search for Fundamentals; J. Berting. Postmodernism and the Quest for Meaning; M. Featherstone. Part VI: Modernisation Theories Revisited. The Search for Fundamentals in Global Perspective; R. Robertson. Modernisation Theories Revisited. Conclusions; L. van Vucht Tijssen. Name Index. Subject Index.