The Apocalyptic Complex : : Perspectives, Histories, Persistence / / ed. by Matthias Riedl, David Marno, Nadia Al-Bagdadi.

• MitwirkendeR: Al-Azmeh, Aziz,; Berezhnaya, Lilya,; Boyd, Katharine,; Cattaruzza, Marina,; Cook, David,; Gillespie, Michael Allen,; Guran, Petre,; Hubbes, László Attila,; Idel, Moshe,; Landes, Richard,; Marno, David,; Riedl, Matthias,; Strozier, Charles B.,; Szönyi, György E.,; Vondung, Klaus,; Whalen, Brett Edward,
• HerausgeberIn: Al-Bagdadi, Nadia,; Marno, David,; Riedl, Matthias,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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