Revolution And The Millennium

Author : James F. Rinehart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313389322
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revolution and the Millennium written by James F. Rinehart and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-10-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, cross-historical analysis of three 20th-century non-Western revolutionary societies—China, Mexico, and Iran—that were profoundly impinged upon by European and American imperialism. The study explores the role of apocalyptic beliefs in radical movements bent on sociopolitical transformation. It concludes that millennial expectations performed important and similar preparatory, leadership, and therapeutic functions in each case. Millenarian movements are powerful and emotional social movements that expect an immediate, collective, total, this-worldly, supernatural salvation and transformation of society. They anticipate the complete destruction of the existing sociopolitical and economic order, which they assert will be followed by a new and perfect society. This study provides an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, cross-historical analysis of three 20th-century non-Western revolutionary societies that were profoundly impinged upon by European and American imperialism. It seeks to explore the functional role of millenarianism in these three revolutions. In all three cases, millenarianism prepared the way for revolutionary transformation. It acted as a catalyst for action among that group of the most ardent revolutionists who were willing to pay any price to achieve what they were convinced was the inevitable goal of a utopian society. Millenarianism created the potential for charismatic leadership to emerge. It functioned as a doctrinal platform that awaited the opportunity to elevate a prophetic revolutionary leader to take control. Finally, millenarianism performed a therapeutic, identity, and cathartic function by providing the doctrinal foundation and an effective organization for a social healing process to take place. A challenge to conventional arguments on the origins and outcomes of revolutions, this study will be of great interest to scholars and researchers in comparative politics, sociology, and religion.

Author : Elizabeth C. Hanson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461644496
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Information Revolution and World Politics written by Elizabeth C. Hanson and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2008-01-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This readable and cogent book provides a much-needed overview of the information revolution in a global context. First tracing the historical evolution of communications since the development of the printing press, Elizabeth C. Hanson then explores the profound ways that new information and communication technologies are transforming international relations. More people have access to more diverse sources of information than ever before, as well as a greater capacity to influence national and international agendas. More transcontinental channels of contact are available to more people in the world at far less cost than ever before in history. Hanson illustrates how these dramatic changes have raised a set of key questions: What is the impact of the information revolution on diplomacy, foreign policymaking, and the conduct of war? How are these new technologies affecting the structure of the global economy and the distribution of the world's wealth? How and to what extent are they affecting the nation-state—its centrality in the international system, its sovereignty, and its relationship to its citizens? In answering these questions, Hanson considers the controversies over the present and future impact of a radically new information and communications environment as part of larger debates over globalization and the role of technology in historical change. Her carefully chosen case studies and judicious use of relevant research provide a firm basis for readers to evaluate competing arguments on this contentious issue.

Author : Kristy Shen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525538690
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quit Like a Millionaire written by Kristy Shen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two leaders of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement, a bold, contrarian guide to retiring at any age, with a reproducible formula to financial independence A bull***t-free guide to growing your wealth, retiring early, and living life on your own terms Kristy Shen retired with a million dollars at the age of thirty-one, and she did it without hitting a home run on the stock market, starting the next Snapchat in her garage, or investing in hot real estate. Learn how to cut down on spending without decreasing your quality of life, build a million-dollar portfolio, fortify your investments to survive bear markets and black-swan events, and use the 4 percent rule and the Yield Shield--so you can quit the rat race forever. Not everyone can become an entrepreneur or a real estate baron; the rest of us need Shen's mathematically proven approach to retire decades before sixty-five.

Author : Josh Tickell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501146114
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Revolution Generation written by Josh Tickell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the activist and Sundance Award-winning filmmaker of Fuel and Kiss the Ground comes an ambitious book showcasing the captivating stories of Millennial change-makers in order to empower and motivate today’s young adults to rise up to their potential for greatness. With eye-opening research and inspiring interviews, The Revolution Generation is the first in-depth exploration of the world-changing activism and potential of people born between 1980 and 2000. Labeled Generation Y or Millennials, theirs is the first digitally fluent generation. From sex and dating, to parental relationships, to jobs and the economy, Millennials live within a dynamic interplay of technological advances and real world setbacks. Their connectivity and global awareness have created astonishing new opportunities, but have also come at a time of peril. According to the United Nations, today’s youth face the ten largest global crises in human history (including the sixth major species extinction, a rapidly changing climate, and a worldwide refugee crisis). In no uncertain terms, the future of humanity rests on their shoulders. While these challenges may be daunting, Millennials are part of the largest, most educated, most digitally plugged-in generation to date and The Revolution Generation elucidates their often-overlooked strengths and shows how they can build a brighter, more sustainable and democratic future for themselves—and all of humanity. The Revolution Generation is also soon to be a full-length documentary featuring Bernie Sanders, Shailene Woodley, Rosario Dawson, and more.

Author : Ruth H. Bloch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521357647
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Visionary Republic written by Ruth H. Bloch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988-02-26 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds light on the role of religion in the American Revolution and surveys an important facet of the intellectual history of the early Republic.

Author : Ian Mortimer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681772868
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Millennium: From Religion to Revolution: How Civilization Has Changed Over a Thousand Years written by Ian Mortimer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History’s greatest tour guide, Ian Mortimer, takes us on an eye-opening and expansive journey through the last millennium of human innovation. In Millennium, bestselling historian Ian Mortimer takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of the last ten centuries of Western history. It is a journey into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, that pits one century against another in his quest to measure which century saw the greatest change. We journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burned to the ground by invaders — and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer — to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilizations came into conflict with each other on an epic scale. Here is a story of godly scientists, fearless adventurers, cold-hearted entrepreneurs, and strong-minded women — a story of discovery, invention, revolution, and cataclysmic shifts in perspective. Millennium is a journey into the past like no other. Our understanding of human development will never be the same again, and the lessons we learn along the way are profound ones for us all.

Author : Anne Breneman
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761833420
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in the New Millennium written by Anne Breneman and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dynamic analysis of the gender revolution, authors Anne Breneman and Rebecca Mbuh create a platform for scholars from a variety of cultures to reflect upon their experiences as women and men in gendered cultures and upon their visions of prospects for gender equality and empowerment. Conceived during the United Nation's Fourth World Women's Conference in 1995 and continued during the Beijing +5 conference in 2000, this work represents the culmination of a ten-year project involving women from China, Sweden, Korea, Cameroon, Indonesia, South Africa, and the USA. Organized in five parts—Beginning, Women Awakening, Women Arising, Hazards of Growing up Female, and Reflections and Prospects—Women in the New Millennium includes perspectives in the form of scholarship, historical narratives, and interview materials aimed at contributing to public awareness of the global nature of the gender revolution. With their analyses and examples of the expanding gender revolution, Breneman and Mbuh seek to stimulate an interdisciplinary, international dialogue that leads to the further creation of action plans and will ultimately contribute to the empowerment of women and the equality of women and men in the new millennium.

Author : Mary Gottschalk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781889334042
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Family Revolution written by Mary Gottschalk and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David S. Katz
Publisher : Hill & Wang
ISBN 13 : 9780809068869
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Messianic Revolution written by David S. Katz and published by Hill & Wang. This book was released on 2000 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 19, 1993, at least seventy-four people lost their lives near Waco, Texas, in the confrontation between the followers of David Koresh and the federal agents outside his compound. These groups, clearly, inhabited two different conceptual worlds. Yet both then and now, it seemed that neither journalists nor law-enforcement experts nor the public was aware of the rich tradition of messianic, revolutionary politics behind groups like Koresh's, a history that stretches back, unbroken, to the early Middle Ages.

Author : Krishan Kumar
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Utopias and the Millennium written by Krishan Kumar and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: