Apocalyptic Complex

David Marno is assistant professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.Matthias Riedl is associate professor and the head of the history department at Central European University.Nadia Al-Bagdadi is Professor of History at Central European University, Budapest, founding director of the Center for Religious Studies and since 2015 Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies, CEU.

• Introduction: The Resilience of the ApocalypticPart I: PerspectivesThe Varieties of Millennial ExperienceRichard LandesApocalyptic ViolenceKlaus VondungThe Psychology of ApocalypticismCharles B. Strozier and Katharine Boyd Part II: The Middle AgesThe Chained Messiah: The Taming of the Apocalyptic Complex in Jewish Mystical EschatologyMoshe IdelGod’s Chronography and Dissipative TimeAziz Al-AzmehChristendom, Crusade, and the End of Days: The Dream of World Conversion (1099–1274)Brett Edward WhalenFrom the Last Emperor to the Sleeping EmperorPetre Guran Part III: TransformationsRadical Hopes: Apocalyptic Longing in Nineteenth Century PhilosophyMichael Allen GillespiePolitical Religions, Apocalypticism, and the End of History: Some ConsiderationsMarina CattaruzzaEve’s Last DreamDavid Marno Part IV: PersistenceUkrainian Millennialism: A Historical OverviewLilya Berezhnaya“His Dark Materials.” The Early Apocalypticism of Enoch Recycled in Modern and Postmodern TimesGyörgy E. SzönyiAbu Musa‘b Al-Suri and Abu Musa‘b Al-Zarqawi: The Apocalyptic Theorist and the Apocalyptic PractitionerDavid Cook AppendicesLászló-Attila HubbesAppendix I: Elements of Online ApocalypticismAppendix II: Select Bibliography for the Study of ApocalypticismIndex