Open AccessMODERN RADICALISM - A FOUNDATION FOR THE NEW DIVIDE IN THE WORLD
Author(s) -
Toshko Krastev
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
knowledge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2545-4439
pISSN - 1857-923X
DOI - 10.35120/kij31061971k
Subject(s) - political radicalism , radicalization , politics , democracy , political science , sociology , epistemology , political economy , law , philosophy
More and more modern politicians use the notions of radicalism. The main reason for this is to look modern, attractive and respectful.The term "radicalism" can be described as a political trend, which is a radical change in society that protects and implements radical measures to solve a specific problem. Radicalization is characterized by a determined readiness to impose its own ideas, even by rejecting democracy and taking violent actions as a necessary and justified protest against a particular group of people or against the whole society in which they live.The analysis of some basic political and psychological characteristics of radicalism should give us an answer to one of the main issues of our time: can radicalism be at the center of the new cold war?