Millennialism and Violence

ISBN-13: 9780714647081 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 184 str.

Michael Barkun

Opis

As the world approaches the year 2000, many societies are experiencing an unprecedented growth in millenarian movements that anticipate an imminent and total transformation of the world. Many of these movements have been assoicated with violence, either as a means for producing change or as a response to confrontations with state authority. Drawing together research from political science, psychology, sociology and history this work attempts to understand the relationship between millenarian movements and episodes of violence.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction: Understanding Millennialism, MICHAEL BARKUN; Chapter 2 Religious Totalism, Violence and Exemplary Dualism: Beyond the Extrinsic Model, DICK ANTHONY, THOMAS ROBBINS; Chapter 3 Christian Themes: Mainstream Traditions and Millenarian Violence, REINALDO L. ROMÁN; Chapter 4 Pai Marire: Peace and Violence in a New Zealand Millenarian Tradition, JEAN E. ROSENFELD; Chapter 5 Violence and the Environment: The Case of 'Earth First!', MARTHA F. LEE; Chapter 6 Absolute Rescue: Absolutism, Defensive Action and the Resort to Force, JEFFREY KAPLAN; Chapter 7 The Politics of the Millennium, THOMAS FLANAGAN;

O autorze

Michael Barkun