Politics & apocalypse
Apocalypse. To most, the word signifies destruction, death, the end of the world, but the literal definition is ""revelation"" or ""unveiling, "" the basis from which renowned theologian René Girard builds his own view of Biblical apocalypse. Properly understo...
| Subtitles: | Politics and apocalypse |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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East Lansing
Michigan State University Press
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Politics & apocalypse] (2008) (Marr, Andrew, 1959 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B End of the world B History Religious aspects B Religion And Politics |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Apocalypse. To most, the word signifies destruction, death, the end of the world, but the literal definition is ""revelation"" or ""unveiling, "" the basis from which renowned theologian René Girard builds his own view of Biblical apocalypse. Properly understood, Girard explains, Biblical apocalypse has nothing to do with a wrathful or vengeful God punishing his unworthy children, and everything to do with a foretelling of what future humans are making for themselves now that they have devised the instruments of global self-destruction. In this volume, some of the major thinkers about the inte Table of Contents; An Introductory Essay -- Robert Hamerton-Kelly ; The Evangelical Subversion of Myth -- René Girard ; "Denial of the Apocalypse" versus "Fascination with the Final Days": Current Theological Discussion of Apocalyptic Thinking inthe Perspective of Mimetic Theory -- Józef Niewiadomski ; Carl Schmitt's "Apocalyptic" Resistance against Global Civil War -- Wolfgang Palaver ; Philosophy, History, and Apocalypse in Voegelin, Strauss, and Girard -- Fred Lawrence ; Modernity and the Jewish Question: What Leo Strauss Learned from Nietzsche -- John Ranieri The Straussian Moment -- Peter ThielUnderstanding in Quest of Faith: The Central Problem in Eric Voegelin's Philosophy -- Stefan Rossbach; Contributors |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| ISBN: | 0870138111 |