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1 online resource (xxii, 410 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Comparative studies in religion, history, and society
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Comparative studies in religion, history, and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; copyright page; Table of Contents; Introduction by Matthias Riedl and David Marno: The Resilience of the Apocalyptic; Part I Perspectives; The Varieties of Millennial Experience; Apocalyptic Violence; The Psychology of Apocalypticism; Part II The Middle Ages; The Chained Messiah: The Taming of the Apocalyptic Complex in Jewish Mystical Eschatology; God's Chronography and Dissipative Time; Christendom, Crusade, and the End of Days: The Dream of World Conversion (1099-1274); From the Last Emperor to the Sleeping Emperor: The Evolution of a Myth; Part III Transformations |
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Radical Hopes: Apocalyptic Longing in Nineteenth-Century PhilosophyPolitical Religions, Apocalypticism, and the End of History: Some Considerations; Eve's Last Dream; Part IV Persistence; Ukrainian Millennialism: A Historical Overview; Abu Musab Al-Suri and Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi: The Apocalyptic Theorist and the Apocalyptic Practitioner; "His Dark Materials." The Early Apocalypticism of Enoch Recycled in Modern and Postmodern Times; Appendices; Appendix I Elements of Online Apocalypticism; Appendix IISelect Bibliography for the Study of Apocalypticism; About the Authors; Index; Back cover |
| Summary |
The essays included in this volume explore the everyday relevance of the apocalyptic in contemporary society, culture, and politics, side by side with the various histories of apocalyptic ideas and movements. In particular, they seek to better understand the ways in which perceptions of the apocalyptic diverge in the American, European, and Arab worlds. Including leading experts of the field like David Cook, Michael Gillespie, Moshe Idel, Richard Landes, or Charles Strozier, our authors re-evaluate some of the traditional views on apocalypticism and the apocalyptic in light of recent political. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism.
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Apocalyptic literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Bagdadi, Nadia, editor.
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Marno, David, editor.
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Riedl, Matthias, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Apocalyptic complex. New York : Central European University Press, 2016 9786155225260 (DLC) 2016033572 |
| ISBN |
6155225389 (electronic book) |
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9786155225383 (electronic book) |
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9786155225260 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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6155225265 |
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