One hundred years of communist experiments

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Socialism, social ownership, and social justice by Macfarlane, L. J. (Leslie John), 1924-

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Cultural pasts : essays in early Indian history by Thapar, Romila

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Mysterious apocalypse : interpreting the book of Revelation by Wainwright, Arthur William

Table of Contents: “…A book of hidden meanings -- Millenarianism in the early church -- The millennium as the period of the church -- The apocalypse as a chart of history -- The revival of millenarianism -- Prophets and prophetic movements -- Authority, authorship, date, and sources -- Contemporary-historical criticism and mythology -- Literary criticism, the social sciences, and theology -- Church, states, and nations -- The transformation of society -- The cultural heritage -- The inner life and worship -- Conclusion.…”


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New dictionary of the history of ideas

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Apocalyptic faith and political violence : prophets of terror by Rinehart, James F., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Terrorism and prophecy -- The rise of millenarian terror -- The mediating role of the prophet -- Alienation and the quest for renewal -- Identity and millenarian violence.…”


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Vale of tears : revisiting the Canudos massacre in northeastern Brazil, 1893-1897 by Levine, Robert M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Millenarian Tradition -- Canudos and the Visao de Litoral: An Overview -- The Backlands -- New Jerusalem -- The Conflict -- Conselheiro's Vision -- Conclusion: Canudos as a Millenarian Experience.…”


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Crucible of the millennium : the burned-over district of New York in the 1840s by Barkun, Michael

Table of Contents: “…The millenarian stream -- The rise of the Millerites -- The imagery of apocalypse-- The growth of utopian communities -- Millerism and the utopians -- Natural disasters and the millennium -- Socioeconomic disasters and the millennium -- Organizing for the millennium -- The millenarian process.…”


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Earth first! : environmental apocalypse by Lee, Martha F. (Martha Frances), 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Millenarianism in the American context -- The founding of a movement -- The cracking of Glen Canyon Dam -- The battle begins -- The eve of the Apocalypse -- Misanthropy and social justice -- A parting of the ways -- The resurgence of millenarianism.…”


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Doomsayers : Anglo-American prophecy in the age of Revolution by Juster, Susan

Table of Contents: “…The making of a prophet -- Varieties of prophecy : fortune-tellers, visionists, and millenarians -- Body and soul : the epistemology of revelation -- Millenarian politics : language and the public sphere -- A rogue's gallery : Richard Brothers and Nimrod Hughes -- Women of revelation : Jemima Wilkinson and Joanna Southcott.…”


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The sociology of hope by Desroche, Henri

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Mahdism in West Africa : the Ijebu Mahdiyya movement by Clarke, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

Table of Contents: “…The Islamic millenarian tradition in West Africa with special reference to Nigeria -- Religion and society in Ijebuland -- The crisis of royal legitimacy and the making of the millenarian milieu -- From reformer to prophet -- The new Jerusalem -- The response to prophecy -- Expansion, schism and the routinization of charisma -- Conclusion: Ijebu Mahdism in comparative perspective.…”


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Millennial dreams in action : studies in revolutionary religious movements by Thrupp, Sylvia L. (Sylvia Lettice), 1903-1997

Table of Contents: “…Thrupp -- Medieval millenarism : its bearing on The comparative study of millenarian movements / Norman Cohn -- The comparative study of millenarian movements / George Shepperson -- Brazilian messianic movements / René Ribeiro -- Millenary aspects of the Taiping rebellion (1851-64) / Eugene P. …”


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Waiting for antichrist : charisma and apocalypse in a Pentecostal church by Thompson, Damian, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…The problem of the end -- Pentecostalism and the end times -- Kensington Temple -- Living with the end -- Millenarians -- The year 2000 -- Conclusions.…”


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Augusto "César" Sandino : messiah of light and truth by Navarro-Génie, Marco Aurelio

Table of Contents: “…From misery to rebellion -- In defense of the motherland -- Revolutionary triangle -- The Messianic calling -- Peace and death -- Sandino's millenarianism.…”


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Fanaticism : on the uses of an idea by Toscano, Alberto

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Figures of extremism -- The birth of modern politics out of the spirit of millenarianism -- Raving with reason: fanaticism and enlightenment -- The revolution of the East: Islam, Hegel, psychoanalysis -- The clash of abstractions: revisiting Marx on religion -- The Cold War and the Messiah: on political religion -- Conclusion.…”


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French writers and the politics of complicity : crises of democracy in the 1940s and 1990s by Golsan, Richard Joseph, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Henry de Montherlant : deception and the wages of ambivalence -- Alphonse de Châteaubriant : apocalypse, nazism, and millenarianism -- Jean Giono : pacifism and the place of the "poet" -- Alain Finkielkraut : Croatian nationalism, and European memory -- Régis Debray : the Debray affair -- Stéphane Courtois : historical revisionism and the Black book of communism controversy.…”


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Falun gong : the end of days by Chang, Maria Hsia

Table of Contents: “…A religious sect defies the state -- Chinese religions and millenarian movements -- Falun Gong: beliefs and practices -- The State vs. …”


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Reform, identity and narratives of belonging : the Heraka movement in Northeast India by Longkumer, Arkotong

Table of Contents: “…Circling the altar stone : Bhuban Cave and the symbolism of religious traditions -- Millenarianism and refashioning the social fabric -- Changing cosmology and the process of reform -- Negotiating boundaries -- Community imaginings and the ideal of heguangram.…”


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Jesus and land : sacred and social space in Second Temple Judaism by Wenell, Karen J.

Table of Contents: “…Land as problem and promise -- The Temple as contested space -- Embodied sacred space : purity in the land -- Imagined space : Jesus' group of twelve -- Jesus and land : millenarian dreams of space.…”


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