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Book SynopsisReviews 3000 years of apocalyptic thought. Tracing the history of millenarianism from ancient times to the 17th century, this book investigates the modern and postmodern debates in which apocalyptic themes are recirculated, from Zoroaster to Derrida.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: on making ends meet, Malcolm Bull. Part 1 How Tim acquired a consummation, Norman Cohn; "Upon whom the ends of the ages have come" - apocalytic and the interpretation of the New Testament, Christopher Rowland; the end of the world and the beginning of Christendom, Bernard McGinn; pattern and purpose in history in the later Medieval and Renaissance periods, Marjorie Reeves; 17th-century millennarianism, Richard Popkin. Part 2 Secular apocalypse - prophets and apocalyptics at the end of the 18th century, Elinor Shaffer; Saint-Simonian industrialism as the end of history, August Cieszkowski; on the teleology of universal history, Laurence Dickey; apocalypse, millennium and utopia today, Krishan Kumar; Part 3 The "apocalyptic tone" in philosophy - Kant, Derrida, Foucault, Christopher Norris; waiting for the end, Frank Kermode, beginning and ending - Adrono as lateness itself, Edward Said.
