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Book SynopsisThe thirteen essays 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.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Resilience of the Apocalyptic Part I: Perspectives Richard Landes: The Varieties of Millennial Experience Klaus Vondung: Apocalyptic Violence Charles B. Strozier and Katharine Boyd: The Psychology of Apocalypticism Part II: The Middle Ages Moshe Idel: The Chained Messiah: The Taming of the Apocalyptic Complex in Jewish Mystical Eschatology Aziz Al-Azmeh: God’s Chronography and Dissipative Time Brett Edward Whalen: Christendom, Crusade, and the End of Days: The Dream of World Conversion (1099–1274) Petre Guran: From the Last Emperor to the Sleeping Emperor Part III: Transformations Michael Allen Gillespie: Radical Hopes: Apocalyptic Longing in Nineteenth Century Philosophy Marina Cattaruzza: Political Religions, Apocalypticism, and the End of History: Some Considerations David Marno: Eve’s Last Dream Part IV: Persistence Lilya Berezhnaya: Ukrainian Millennialism: A Historical Overview György E. Szönyi: “His Dark Materials.” The Early Apocalypticism of Enoch Recycled in Modern and Postmodern Times David Cook: Abu Musa‘b Al-Suri and Abu Musa‘b Al-Zarqawi: The Apocalyptic Theorist and the Apocalyptic Practitioner Appendices Appendix I: László-Attila Hubbes: Elements of Online Apocalypticism Appendix II: Select Bibliography for the Study of Apocalypticism (László-Attila Hubbes)
