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Millennialism and Violence
Author(s): Michael Barkun
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: April 30, 1996
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 184 pages
- ISBN-10: 071464708X
- ISBN-13: 9780714647081
Book Description
As the world approaches the year 2000, many societies are experiencing an unprecedented growth in millenarian movements that anticipate an imminent and total transformation of the world. Many of these movements have been associated with violence, either as a means for producing change or as a response to confrontations with state authority. This book draws together research on this topic from political science, psychology, sociology and history in an attempt to understand the relationship between millenarian movements and episodes of violence.
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Michael Barkun
