The Sociology of HopeRoutledge & K. Paul, 1979 - 209 σελίδες This book focuses on hope as a religious phenomenon, as the inspiration for various kinds of millenarianism, their cults of possession and utopian experiments. Drawing in particular on anthropology and the sociology of religion, the author presents a survey of millenarianism in many cultures, including Judaism, Islam and the early Christians. He also considers more recent millenarianisms such as the Fifth Monarchy Men, the Mormons, the Doukhobors and 'Black Messiah' movements in the Third World. He goes on to indicate the relationships between revolutionary ideologies and religious messianism, and points to the contrast between older movements, which were predominantly religious, and more recent forms of millenarianism, which tend to be social in character. He stresses, however, that both have or had a common aim -- the achievement of a perfect society. |
Περιεχόμενα
The miracle of the rope | 11 |
The peaks of hope | 11 |
The troughs of hope | 26 |
Πνευματικά δικαιώματα | |
21 άλλες ενότητες δεν εμφανίζονται
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
according aggiornamento already alternative analogous analysis aseity Bastide become Cabet cargo cults Chapter chiliast Christ Christian Church collective consciousness collective ideations collective imagination collective memory comes communism constitutive cults of possession cultural cycle delirium Dieux dream Durkheim earth effervescence Elementary Forms Engels Ernst Bloch eternal return exaltation existence expectation fact finally follows forces function gods heaven henceforth Henri Desroche holy hope human hypothesis Ibid ideals ideas imaginary Kingdom less living logic Marx Marxist Max Weber messianising millenarian Millennial millennium mobilisation movement oppression Paris person phenomena political prophet reality reciprocal regime reign religious messianisms religious phenomenon resurrection Rêve revelation revolution revolutionary ideologies rope Sabbatai Zevi sacred Saint-Simon saints scenario Seuil Simon Kimbangu social société society sociologist sociology sometimes spirits stage supra theatre theme theology theurgy Thomas Münzer tion tradition trance Tuveson typology utopia verses Weitling words