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Apocalypticism, eschatology, millennialism and chiliasm are terms to describe aspects of the belief in an imminent cataclysmic event or epochal transformation that will lead to the end of the world as we know it and the coming of a new age. The "study of the last things" forms an important strain in the Judeo-Christian tradition as well as in other religious communities, but has also related secular equivalents. Apart from looking into several manifestations of this phenomenon from the early modern period to the present (literature, newspapers, art, film etc.), this cultural studies seminar will evaluate a variety of theories applied to interpret the persistence of apocalyptic ideas.
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