Description:This is a book about an event that never happened, and the cultural, literary, political and historical consequences of this deferred moment. An edited collection dedicated to understanding apocalyptic thought, Imagining the End: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Apocalypse brings together new work by an impressive group of scholars in order to examine the myriad of ways in which society continually imagine and reimagine the end of days.How does this collection extend our understanding of the Apocalypse? One answer resides in the interdisciplinary approach this volume takes. Through 11 chapters this volume documents the contours of apocalyptic thought, exploring survivalist movements in 1960s America, post-apocalyptic literature in all its numerous forms, zombie narratives and bio-power, and environmental concerns. Taken together this volume provides new critical insight into the transformative power of apocalyptic thought and offers fresh perspectives on the enduring cultural influence of our perpetual collective preoccupation with the end of days.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Imagining the End: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Apocalypse. To get started finding Imagining the End: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Apocalypse, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
255
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Inter-disciplinary Press
Release
2015
ISBN
Imagining the End: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Apocalypse
Description: This is a book about an event that never happened, and the cultural, literary, political and historical consequences of this deferred moment. An edited collection dedicated to understanding apocalyptic thought, Imagining the End: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Apocalypse brings together new work by an impressive group of scholars in order to examine the myriad of ways in which society continually imagine and reimagine the end of days.How does this collection extend our understanding of the Apocalypse? One answer resides in the interdisciplinary approach this volume takes. Through 11 chapters this volume documents the contours of apocalyptic thought, exploring survivalist movements in 1960s America, post-apocalyptic literature in all its numerous forms, zombie narratives and bio-power, and environmental concerns. Taken together this volume provides new critical insight into the transformative power of apocalyptic thought and offers fresh perspectives on the enduring cultural influence of our perpetual collective preoccupation with the end of days.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Imagining the End: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Apocalypse. To get started finding Imagining the End: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Apocalypse, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.