Intellectual extremism: A study of its causes and methods of treatment
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The concept of intellectual extremism is one of the concepts that is difficult to define or generalize about. This is because extremism is generally linked to many political, religious, social, and psychological variables. This is in addition to the confusion between the concept of extremism and many other concepts such as violence, fanaticism, and terrorism, which are embodied in the massive crises facing contemporary humanity. Because of the destruction and devastation that it causes, and the corruption and devastation of minds that results from it, since the phenomenon of intellectual extremism is one of the basic phenomena and issues that many contemporary societies, especially Arab and Islamic ones, are concerned with. It is a daily life issue whose bridges extend into the structural formation of ideas and ideological ideals accepted in society. Extremist thought, like any social cognitive system, Is affected by and influences other phenomena that are largely linked to historical, political, religious, social, economic and other circumstances to which society is exposed, like any social cognitive phenomenon, must be addressed.
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