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Visions of the Future in Germany and America

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2001-10-01
Mått138 x 216 x 33 mm
Vikt956 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieKrefeld Historical Symposia Series
Antal sidor566
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781859735213

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Visions of the Future in Germany and America Edited by Hermann Wellenreuther and Norbert Finzsch Contents Introduction Norbert Finzsch (University of Hamburg) Transatlantic Millenarianism from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century Pictism and Methodism: Religious Radicalism and the Transatlantic Migration of the Pious Gregg A. Roeber (Pennsylvania State University) American Dreams and American Dreamers in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries William R. Hutchison (Harvard University) Millenarian Churches in the Twentieth Century Grant Wacker (Duke University) Comment David Ellis Aaron Fogleman Visions of the New World Order The US Quest for a Global Pax Americana: Myths and Realities Paul T. Burlin (University of New England) Weltpolitik or Self-Containment: Germany's Global Ambitions Gunther Hellmann (Technische Hochschule Darmstadt) Comment Beverly Crawford Ralph Dietl Utopian Communities in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Utopian Social Experiments in the Twentieth Century James B. Gilbert (University of Maryland) Broken Utopias: Visions of the Social Order in Modern Germany Paul Nolte (Universitat Bielefeld) Comment Martin Geyer Ursula Lehmkuhl The Future Society Envisioned Homogeneous versus Multicultural Concepts of Society Dietmar Schirmer (Cornell University) Future Blues: Race Relations in the United States Leon Litwack (University of California, Berkeley) Volksgemeinschaft in the Third Reich: Concession, Conflict, Consensus Maria Mitchell (Franklin and Marshall College) The New Deal as a Model of a Utopian Society Olaf Stieglitz (Universitat Bremen) Comment Dirk Moses Heiko Stoff Science Fiction, Social Construction and New Realities Different Drafts of Future Horizons: Weird Science versus Nick, der Raumfahrer Olc Frahm (Universitat Hamburg) The Environment and the Apocalypse Susan Strasser (University of Delaware) Science Fiction and Gender Susan Winnett (Universitat Hamburg) Comment Luigi Cajani Select Bibliography Index