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The New Age in the modern West : counter-culture, utopia and prophecy from the late eighteenth century to the present day /
"New Age culture is generally regarded as a modern manifestation of Western millenarianism - a concept built around the expectation of an imminent historical crisis followed by the inauguration of a golden age which occupies a key place in the history of Western ideas. The New Age in the Modern...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover ; Contents; Acknowledgements; A Note on Capitalization; 1 Introduction: Future Dreams; 2 End Times: Utopia and the Millennium; 3 Enlightenment and Progress in the Eighteenth Century; 4 The Theosophical Enlightenment in the Nineteenth Century; 5 New Age and Transcendence in the Twentieth Century; 6 Myth and the Millennium in the Sixties; 7 Counterculture and Utopia after the Sixties; 8 Remaking the World: Neoconservatism and the Global Utopia; 9 Conclusion: Making the Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index.