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Visions of the future in Germany and America /

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9781859735213

1859735215

9781845208691

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Visions of the future in Germany and America /

[Book]

edited by Hermann Wellenreuther and Norbert Finzsch.

New York :

BERG,

2001.

1 online resource (ix, 580 pages).

Germany and the United States of America

Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-567) and indexes.

pt. 1. Transatlantic millenarianism from the seventeenth to the twentieth century -- pt. 2. visions of the new world order -- pt. 3. Utopian communities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- pt. 4. The future society envisioned -- pt. 5. Science fiction, social construction, and new realities.

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Predictions about the world have the power to grip whole societies, and shape the actions of many groups whether working in politics, ecology or religion. At the end of epochs and eras humans tend to reflect on the shape of things to come. Most recently, fears about the 'millennium bug' had thousands rushing to stock up on candles and food in the weeks before New Year's Eve. Concerns about the future have been expressed differently throughout history. This book explores the historical context surrounding various debates, decisions and beliefs about the future in recent centuries. Religious, political, literary and ecological visions of the future in America and Germany are addressed comparatively. In particular, scholars from the United States and Germany explore the meaning of eschatological and utopian thoughts pursued during the last three centuries and tackle subjects ranging from science fiction to religious radicalism, utopian social experiments, and visions of race relations. This book delves into the hopes and fears for the future that have shaped the past and will be of interest to comparative historians as well as to historians of Europe and the United States intrigued by the subject of utopias.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Visions of the future in Germany and America.

Millennialism.

Utopias-- Germany.

Utopias-- United States.

Geschichtsprophetie.

Kongress.

Millennialism.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Communism & Socialism.

Social conditions

Toekomstverwachtingen.

Utopias.

Germany, Social conditions.

United States, Social conditions.

Deutschland.

Germany.

United States.

USA.

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Finzsch, Norbert.

Wellenreuther, Hermann.

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