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Al-Azmeh, Aziz
[Contributor];
Al-Bagdadi, Nadia
[Editor];
Berezhnaya, Lilya
[Contributor];
Boyd, Katharine
[Contributor];
Cattaruzza, Marina
[Contributor];
Cook, David
[Contributor];
Gillespie, Michael Allen
[Contributor];
Guran, Petre
[Contributor];
Hubbes, László Attila
[Contributor];
Idel, Moshe
[Contributor];
Landes, Richard
[Contributor];
Marno, David
[Contributor];
Marno, David
[Editor];
Riedl, Matthias
[Contributor];
Riedl, Matthias
[Editor];
Strozier, Charles B.
[Contributor];
Szönyi, György E.
[Contributor];
Vondung, Klaus
[Contributor];
Whalen, Brett Edward
[Contributor]
The Apocalyptic Complex
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- Media type: E-Book
- Title: The Apocalyptic Complex : Perspectives, Histories, Persistence
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Contains:
Frontmatter
Table of Contents
Introduction. 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
Radical Hopes: Apocalyptic Longing in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
Political Religions, Apocalypticism, and the End of History: Some Considerations
Eve’s Last Dream
Part IV. Persistence
Ukrainian Millennialism: A Historical Overview
Abu Muș‘ab Al-Sūrī and Abu Muș‘ab Al-Zarqawī: 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 II. Select Bibliography for the Study of Apocalypticism
About the Authors
Index
- Contributor: Al-Azmeh, Aziz [MitwirkendeR]; Al-Bagdadi, Nadia [HerausgeberIn]; Berezhnaya, Lilya [MitwirkendeR]; Boyd, Katharine [MitwirkendeR]; Cattaruzza, Marina [MitwirkendeR]; Cook, David [MitwirkendeR]; Gillespie, Michael Allen [MitwirkendeR]; Guran, Petre [MitwirkendeR]; Hubbes, László Attila [MitwirkendeR]; Idel, Moshe [MitwirkendeR]; Landes, Richard [MitwirkendeR]; Marno, David [MitwirkendeR]; Marno, David [HerausgeberIn]; Riedl, Matthias [MitwirkendeR]; Riedl, Matthias [HerausgeberIn]; Strozier, Charles B. [MitwirkendeR]; Szönyi, György E. [MitwirkendeR]; Vondung, Klaus [MitwirkendeR]; Whalen, Brett Edward [MitwirkendeR]
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imprint:
Budapest; New York: Central European University Press, [2022]
- Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (432 p.)
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9786155225383
- Keywords: Apocalyptic literature History and criticism ; RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament
- Origination:
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Footnote:
In English
- Description: The attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, followed by similarly dreadful acts of terror, prompted a new interest in the field of the apocalyptic. There is a steady output of literature on the subject (also referred to as “the End Times.) This book analyzes this continuously published literature and opens up a new perspective on these views of the apocalypse. The thirteen essays in this volume focus on the dimensions, consequences and transformations of Apocalypticism. The authors 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 apocalypse diverge in the American, European, and Arab worlds. Leading experts in the field re-evaluate some of the traditional views on the apocalypse in light of recent political and cultural events, and, go beyond empirical facts to reconsider the potential of the apocalyptic. This last point is the focal point of the book
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