Millennial Visions

Essays on Twentieth-Century Millenarianism
Herausgeber: Lee, Martha F.

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Produktbeschreibung

The Americas have always been fertile grounds for millenarian movements, which found their expression through the spirit of revolutionaries and the practical aspirations of the founding fathers. More recently, millenarian themes have also marked the political fringe in spectacular and often violent ways. These eleven original essays, authored by established scholars in the field, explore the ways in which millenarianism pervades late twentieth century life, explain how ancient ways of millenarian thinking affect modern thinking, examine the theoretical roots of millenarianism, and detail a number of millenarian movements. Filling an important gap in the existing literature, the essays provide a thorough analysis of the phenomenon of modern millenarianism, focusing on the Americas and on modern controversial movements. This unique and important volume will facilitate analysis and comparison of the various aspects of millenarianism in the Americas. The first section is comprised of essays that examine the meaning of millennial ideas, and why and how millennial themes can be found across history, from Robespierre's ideas to The X-Files . The second section of the book contains essays that focus on specific millennial movements. These essays explore and reflect the wide range of millenarianism in the modern Americas, from Black and White supremacist movements to American fundamentalists, and from the UFO subculture to Catholic sects. This unique collection of essays clearly and carefully explores the millennial urge, the theory and practice of millenarianism, and its expression in the Americas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9780275966904
• ISBN-10: 0275966909
• Artikelnr.: 25567723

Autorenporträt

Martha F. Lee

Inhaltsangabe

Preface by Martha F. Lee Understanding the Millennial Urge Modernity and
the Millennium: From Robespierre to Radical Feminism by Thomas Flanagan
(Stop) Making Sense of the Millennium: Politics and Culture at the End by
Mark Kingwell Millennium Culture: The Year 2000 as a Religious Event by
Michael Barkun Apocalypse and Community: Rethinking the Origins of
Millennialism by Martha F. Lee Millennial Ideologies The Fate that Hate
Produced: Religion, Science and Fiction in New Millennial Racism by
Frederick Wall Impulse to Growth: The Feminist Millennium of Betty Friedan
by Thomas Heilke UFOs, Extraterrestrials and the Apocalypse--The Making of
a Subculture by Philip Lamy When Your Friend is your Enemy: American
Christian Fundamentalists and Israel at the New Millennium by Brenda E.
Brasher Augusto "César" Sandino: Prophet of the Segovias by Marco
Navarro-Génie Sectes and Sovereignty: Quebec's Apocalyptic Movements in
Political Context by Susan J. Palmer Social Science and the Third Age:
Joachim of Fiore, G.E. Lessing, and Auguste Comte by Thomas Flanagan
Selected Bibliography Index