The problem of criteria of the social fanaticism

The article reveals relationship between the definitions of fanaticism and the criteria determining it. Development of the fanaticism criteria is an urgent task of philosophy, which has theoretical and practical value. The criteria proposed in the philosophical and psychological literature, are analysed from the perspective of completeness and mutual complementarity. The fanaticism criteria are presented in the form of system set of key features, covering both fanatical consciousness and fanatics' activities, combined with the complex of conditions contributing to their formation.