Millennial perspectives : lifeworlds and utopias /
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| Imprint: | Heidelberg : Winter, 2003. |
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| Description: | 276 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American studies, 0178-1987 ; v. 102 American studies (Munich, Germany) ; v. 102. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4866202 |
| Summary: | Ever since the end of the 19th century the US has played a leading role in the process of modernization, which nowadays presents itself, above all, as globalization. A major orientation for America has been the millennial concept, fusing Puritan doctrines of salvation with Enlightenment notions of a perfectionistic teleology of history. The papers collected in this volume investigate the multi-dimensional topicality of the millennial concept, looking backward and ahead, thematizing lifeworlds and latent structural presences. Bisherige Forschungsschwerpunkte der Herausgeber: Georgi-Findlay: American West, Native American Studies Mohr: Postmodern Drama, Gothicism, Romanticism. |
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| Item Description: | Proceedings of a conference, Dresden, 2000. |
| Physical Description: | 276 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 3825314693 |
| ISSN: | 0178-1987 ; |