Apocalypses: Prophecies, Cults and Millennial Beliefs Throughout the Ages

作者 Eugen. Weber著
出版社 Pimlico
出版时间 2000年5月
ISBN 9780712664608
定价 141.10

内容简介

Intheseseculartimes,confessingtoabeliefintheapocalyconsignsapersontoChristianfundamentalismortocultstatus.ButforcenturiestheJudaeo-Christianversionofapocalypse-itsRevelations-drivenbeliefinthedestructionofevilandtheSecondComingofChrist-wasacceptedastheliteraltruthandultimatedestinationofhumanexistence.ThedistinguishedhistorianEugenWeberredressesthehistoricalandreligiousamnesiathathasconsignedthestudyofapocalypticandmillennialthoughttothelunaticfringe.Elegantlywritten,aswittyandentertainingasitsprofound,thisismoreatravelbookoftheapocalypsethanadefinitiveacademictreatment.Andatitsheartisaprofoundrespectfortheresilienceofalternativerationalities,andfortheluxuriantcurrentgrowthofmillenarianisminAfrica,AsiaandSouthAmerica.

作者简介

EugenWeberservedintheBritishArmyduringtheSecondWorldWarandwaseducatedatCambridgeandattheParisInstitutdesciencespolitiques.UntilhisrecentretirementheheldtheJoanPalevskyChairofModernEuropeanHistoryatUCLA.Authorofadozenbooks,Weberhasalsowrittenandnarratedafifty-twopartPBSseries,TheWesternTradition.(19991005)

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