Terminal Visions
Literature of Last Things
Published on 1. November 1982
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-253-35847-9 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-253-35847-9 (9780253358479)
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Content
A Personal Preface Part One / The Dream of Last Things 1. The End 2. A Short History of Doomsday Part Two / Archetypes 3. Circles and Lines 4. The Wheel of Time 5. The Day of the Lord 6. Form Sacred to Secular Part Three / The Etiology of Doomsaying 7. Fears 8. The Excluded Self 9. The Universe as the Jaws of Hell 10. Report from Cainsmarsh Part Four / The War of the World Views 11. Paradigms of Doom 12. Lest Ye Die 13. Prometheus Unbound 14. Follies and Mysteries Part Five / Aftermaths 15. Blind Alleys and Return Trips 16 The End of First Things Notes Selected Sources Index