Apocalypse then : prophecy and the making of the modern world
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書誌事項
Apocalypse then : prophecy and the making of the modern world
(Praeger series on the early modern world)
Praeger, 2008
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Apocalypse then : prophecy & the making of the modern world
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
While few intellectuals today accept the notion that the world is literally about to end through a prophesied supernatural act, between 1500 and 1800 many of Europe's and America's most creative minds did believe it. Perhaps most surprisingly, apocalyptic expectations played a central role during this period in creating secular culture—arguably the signal achievement of the post-medieval West. The topic is much with us still, as many on the religious right look to the end of days, a goal that seems closer than ever.
Apocalyptic ideas and expectations shaped the world in profound and enduring ways. In the Early Modern era, a deeply religious set of ideas proved instrumental in enabling people to see their world through prisms other than that of religion. The apocalypse underwrote the Reformation in the 16th century, the English Revolution in the 17th century, and the American Revolution in the 18th century. This book explores such themes through an examination of a range of major figures and events from the period. Why was the apocalypse—so alien to us today—so pivotal to the creation of our culture and to what we are? Only by seeing its central and often creative role historically within western civilizations can we meaningfully assess its significance to the current world. Only by grasping apocalypse then, can we truly understand apocalypse now.
目次
Chapter 1 Encountering the Beast
Chapter 2 Apocalypse Revived: The Reformation
Chapter 3 The Last World Empire and Its Competitors
Chapter 4 Prophecy and Nature: Science, Sex, and Salvation
Chapter 5 The British Revolutions: The Rise of Modern Politics
Chapter 6 Prophecy and Science II: Physics, Geology, and the Eschaton
Chapter 7 Apocalyptic Conscience in Crisis: Quakers, Jews, and Other Subversives
Chapter 8 Prophecy, Enlightenment, and the Democratic Revolutions
Chapter 9 Novus Ordo Saeculorum: The Rise of the Redeemer Republic
Chapter 10 Antichrist in the Post-Apocalyptic Age
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