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Utopian ideologies of the last century rejected traditional faiths and claimed to be based in science. They were actually secular versions of the myth of Apocalypse - the belief in a world-changing event that brings history, with all its conflicts, to an end. This text argues that the death of Utopia does not mean peace.
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5 editions- Hardcover · English · 2007PENGUIN · 256 pages · 9780713999150
- Hardcover · English · 2007Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 256 pages · 9780374105983
- Other · English · 2008Doubleday Canada · 256 pages · 9780385662666
- Other · English · 2008Penguin Books, Limited · 352 pages · 9780141025988
- Other · English · 2007Doubleday Canada · 256 pages · 9780385662659
Religion and politicsUtopiasRevolutionsReligious aspectsConservatismWorld politicsInternational relationsWorld politics, 20th century