Millennial Violence

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-7146-8259-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 219 mm, Gewicht: 437 g

This volume encompasses an array of material exploring the millennium phenomenon and the violent excitement it provokes. Consisting of three core parts, the book combines pertinent documents with insightful commentary and discussion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaplan, Jeffrey

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction, Jeffrey Kaplan; Part 1 Millennium-Related Security Reports; Chapter 2 Project Megiddo; Chapter 3 Doomsday Religious Movements; Chapter 4 Events at the End of the Millennium: Possible Implications for the Public Order in Jerusalem, Ehud Sprinzak, Ya'akov Ariel, Uri Ne'eman, Amnon Ramon; Part 2 Scholarly Analysis of The Three Millennium Reports; Chapter 5 Project Megiddo, the FBI and the Academic Community, Michael Barkun; Chapter 6 Questioning the Frame: The Canadian, Israeli and US Reports, Eugene V. Gallagher; Chapter 7 Ten Comments on Watching Closely the Gaps Between Beliefs and Actions, Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi; Part 3 Wider Issues in the Millennium Debate; Chapter 8 Spectres and Shadows: Aum Shinrikyô and the Road to Megiddo, Ian Reader; Chapter 9 Apocalypse – Not in Finland. Millenarianism and Expectations on the Eve of the Year 2000, Leena Malkki; Chapter 10 Cult and Anticult Totalism: Reciprocal Escalation and Violence, Dick Anthony, Thomas Robbins, Steven Barrie-Anthony; Part 4 The Medieval Context; Chapter 11 What Happens when Jesus Doesn't Come: Jewish and Christian Relations in Apocalyptic Time, Richard Landes; Chapter 12 Medieval Apocalypticism, Millennialism and Violence, E. Randolph Daniel;

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey Kaplan