FIRST UK EDITION. 1990 Hutchinson hardcover, full number line.British import. Eugen Weber (Peasants into Frenchmen: The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914). The strange history of prophecies and the end of the world.

Apocalypses Prophecies Cults and Millennia

Religion & Spirituality

Weber, Eugen

Occult & Paranormal

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The Nationalist Revival in France

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Politics & Government

University of California Press

The following is from the author's Introduction: The passages gathered in this volume provide a reflection of the attitudes, ideas, or circumstances of the times which produced them. This book contains most of the classic texts to which teachers like to refer. It also contains passages which, in every section, lend themselves to discussion, argument, and various interpretations. In addition they are deliberately interspersed with illustrative material, which throws an intimate light on the life and problems of a given time and place without necessarily lending itself to discussion. Thus, in assignment, the teacher can pick and choose among passages that are illustrative or controversial. The documents in this book are evidence in the case of a Western Tradition and how it developed. The best history brings men and women to life. But in real life, these things happen and we live history in the making. The story outlined in these pages reflects the gradual progress of Western fold to greater self-consciousness and self-control, their repeated attempts to master not only themselves but the world around them. The discovery that evil is part of the world order, that we could not, apparently, by the mere use of our reason and will, build the good life uncorrupted, came as a shock to many, as the twentieth century advanced, human reason seemed unable to prevent wars, revolutions, while improved techniques served to make such conflicts vaster and bloodier than ever. Nor was the new order that followed upon them at least in the eyes of many, an improvement on the old. Few of course appreciate that they live in interesting times, for interesting times have a way of being uncomfortable times. Most people in all ages have lived lives that were insecure, troubled often scary. Many documents here bear evidence of that. Putting our own discomforts in historical perspective brings little consolation. But it may provide enlightenment, and that would be some help.

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The Western Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Present

The Western Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Present

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Movements, Currents, Trends: Aspects of European Thought in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Sources in Modern History Series)

The Western Tradition, 5/e, offers carefully selected documents reflecting the social, political, economic, cultural, and religious development of Western civilization. Volume I spans the rise of Western civilization from Egypt and Mesopotamia to the seventeenth century. Volume II commences with the Renaissance and Reformation and it culminates with the end of the Cold War and the rise of new nationalist movements.

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Western Tradition, 5/e, offers carefully selected documents reflecting the social, political, economic, cultural, and religious development of Western civilization. Volume I spans the rise of Western civilization from Egypt and Mesopotamia to the seventeenth century. Volume II commences with the Renaissance and Reformation and it culminates with the end of the Cold War and the rise of new nationalist movements.

The Western Tradition, Vol. 2: From the Renaissance to the Present

D.C.Heath And Company

Western Tradition: From the Ancient World to Louis XIV v. 1 (College) by Weber, Eugen Joseph(June 1, 1972) Paperback

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Apocalyptic visions and prophecies from Zarathustra to yesterday form the luxuriant panorama in Eugen Weber's profound and elegant book. Beginning with the ancients of the West and the Orient and, especially, with those from whom we received our religions, the Jews and earliest Christians, Weber finds that an absolute belief in the end of time, when good would do final battle with evil, was omnipresent. Within centuries, apocalyptic beliefs inspired Crusades, scientific discoveries, works of art, voyages such as those of Columbus, rebellions and reforms. In the new world, American abolitionists, who were so critical to the movement to end slavery, believed in a final reckoning. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries' apocalyptic movements veered toward a lunatic fringe, and Weber rescues them from obloquy. From this more than two millennia history, he redresses the historical and religious amnesia that has consigned the study of apocalypses and millennial thought to the ash heap of thought and belief.
Weber, a master storyteller, turns detective in this latest book as he finds these alternative rationalities in the West, Asia, Africa, and South America. He writes with profound respect for the millennial pulse in history while never losing his urbane and witty style of writing. As we approach our second millennium beset by a host of apocalyptic predictions and cults, this book offers a map of understanding of the creeds we ignore at our peril.

Apocalypses: Prophecies, Cults, and Millennial Beliefs through the Ages

Harvard University Press

Apocalyptic visions and prophecies from Zarathustra to yesterday form the luxuriant panorama in Eugen Weber's profound and elegant book. Beginning with the ancients of the West and the Orient and, especially, with those from whom we received our religions, the Jews and earliest Christians, Weber finds that an absolute belief in the end of time, when good would do final battle with evil, was omnipresent. Within centuries, apocalyptic beliefs inspired Crusades, scientific discoveries, works of art, voyages such as those of Columbus, rebellions and reforms. In the new world, American abolitionists, who were so critical to the movement to end slavery, believed in a final reckoning. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries' apocalyptic movements veered toward a lunatic fringe, and Weber rescues them from obloquy. From this more than two millennia history, he redresses the historical and religious amnesia that has consigned the study of apocalypses and millennial thought to the ash heap of thought and belief. 
 Weber, a master storyteller, turns detective in this latest book as he finds these alternative rationalities in the West, Asia, Africa, and South America. He writes with profound respect for the millennial pulse in history while never losing his urbane and witty style of writing. As we approach our second millennium beset by a host of apocalyptic predictions and cults, this book offers a map of understanding of the creeds we ignore at our peril.

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Apocalypses Prophecies Cults and Millennia

The Nationalist Revival in France

The Western Tradition, Vol. 1: From the Ancient World to Louis XIV

The Western Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Present

Movements, Currents, Trends: Aspects of European Thought in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Sources in Modern History Series)

The Western Tradition, Vol. 1: From the Ancient World to Louis XIV

The Western Tradition, Vol. 2: From the Renaissance to the Present

The Western tradition

Apocalypses: Prophecies, Cults, and Millennial Beliefs through the Ages

Apocalypses: Prophecies, Cults, and Millennial Beliefs through the Ages