- Religion and politics, Utopias, Revolutions, Religious aspects
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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Grave, classical in form, cool and earnest.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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- Author
- John Gray
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited, Doubleday Canada, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780385662659
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John Gray (born December 28, 1951) is an American relationship counselor, lecturer and author. In 1969, he began a nine-year association with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi before beginning his career as an author and personal relationship counselor. In 1992 he published the book *Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus*, which became a long-term best seller and formed the central theme of all his subsequent books and career activities. His books have sold millions of copies. **Source**: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gray_(American_author)" target="blanck">John Gray</a> on Wikipedia
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