Europe has a long history of religious, political, racist and economical fanaticism that has had disastrous effects on the development of the continent. Today, fanatism is present in the tendencies towards nationalism and populism, religious movements, the call for strong leaders, exclusion of outsiders and minorities, intolerance towards different opinions and ways of life etc.
Castrum [...]
Roundtable on Fanaticism
FIT – working conference
FIT – Fanaticism Indicator Test
Project launch – first partners meeting – working conference
Castrum Peregrini and Goethe Institut in association with the Dialogue Advisory Group
Amsterdam 25 and 26 September 2009
Working language: English
As a practical conclusion drawn from the project application we suggest to work in three strands:
1) on the general theme of fanaticism
2) on the [...]