ENGLISH

Millennialism and Violence

By Michael Barkun

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1996
ISBN
0714642509, 9780714642505
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
844 kB (863999 bytes)
Series
Cass Series on Political Violence
Pages
186\0
Time added
2023-02-27 15:03:47

Description

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 associated with violence, either as a means for producing change or as a response to confrontations with state authority. This book draws together research on this topic from political science, psychology, sociology and history in an attempt to understand the relationship between millenarian movements and episodes of violence.

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