010071 SE Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared (2021S)
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Gegenstand dieser Lehrveranstaltung ist die vergleichend-systematische Erschließung ausgewählter millenaristischer Vorstellungswelten in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Der religionswissenschaftliche Millenarismusbegriff verweist auf die Vorstellung eines bevorstehenden soteriologischen Wandels der gegenwärtigen Weltordnung. Zunächst wird speziell mit Blick auf große Traditionen (Buddhismus, Christentum, Daoismus, Islam, Judentum, Konfuzianismus, Zoroastrismus) die Schlüsselterminologie erörtert. Hiernach werden vor der Folie millenarismustheoretischer Reflexionen Millenarismusentwürfe unterschiedlicher religiöser Traditionen diskutiert. Als ausgewählte Fallbespiele dienen unter anderem: altnordische Religiosität; Ariosophie, Nationalsozialismus und White Supremacy-Bewegung; Aum Shinrikyō und ostasiatische neue religiöse Bewegungen; Bolschewismus; Brahma Kumaris; New Age & UFO-Religiosität; Sioux-Religiosität; Vereinigungsbewegung.
Assessment and permitted materials
Siehe nachstehend.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Englischkenntnisse sind unbedingt erforderlich, da einschlägige Literatur größtenteils in englischer Sprache verfügbar ist. Die Gewichtung der Leistungskontrolle ist wie folgt: Mitarbeit/Anwesenheit (30%), Referat samt Präsentation (20%), Seminararbeit (50%). Im Juni ist zusätzlich eine Blended Learning Sitzung vorgesehen.
Examination topics
siehe oben.
Reading list
AuswahlAl-Bagdadi, Nadia, David Marno, and Matthias Riedl, eds. 2018. The Apocalyptic Complex: Perspectives, Histories, Persistence. Budapest and New York: Central European University Press.
Barkun, Michael. 2003. A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
Barkun, Michael. 1974. Disaster and the Millennium. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Burridge, Kenelm. 1975 [1969]. New Heaven, New Earth: A Study of Millenarian Activities. New York: Schocken Books.
Cohn, Norman. 2004 [1961]. The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages. London: Pimlico.
Collins, John J., ed. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
Landes, Richard. 2011. Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of the Millennial Experience. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
Landes, Richard, ed. 2000. Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements. New York and London: Routledge.
Lee, Martha F., ed. 2000. Millennial Visions: Essays on Twentieth-Century Millenarianism. Westport and London: Praeger.
O’Leary, Stephen D. and Glen S. McGhee, eds. 2005. War in Heaven, Heaven on Earth: Theories of the Apocalyptic. London and Oakville: Equinox.
Pokorny, Lukas. 2020. “The Millenarian Myth Ethnocentrized: The Case of East Asian New Religious Movements.” In Nickolas P. Roubekas and Thomas Ryba, eds., Explanation and Interpretation: Theorizing About Religion and Myth, Leiden and Boston: Brill.
Pokorny, Lukas. 2021. “The Theosophical Maitreya: On Benjamin Creme’s Millenarianism.” In Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter, eds., The Occult Nineteenth Century: Roots, Developments, and Impact on the Modern World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Robbins, Thomas and Susan J. Palmer, eds. 1997. Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements. New York and London: Routledge.
Talmon, Yonina. 1966. “Millenarian Movements.” European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie, 7 (2), 159–200.
Thrupp, Sylvia L., ed. 1962. Millennial Dreams in Action: Essays in Comparative Study. The Hague: Mouton & Co.
Walliss, John. 2004. Apocalyptic Trajectories: Millenarianism and Violence in the Contemporary World. Oxford and Bern: Peter Lang.
Wessinger, Catherine, ed. 2011. The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
Wessinger, Catherine. 2000. How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate. New York: Seven Bridges Press.
Wessinger, Catherine, ed. 2000. Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical Cases. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
Barkun, Michael. 2003. A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
Barkun, Michael. 1974. Disaster and the Millennium. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Burridge, Kenelm. 1975 [1969]. New Heaven, New Earth: A Study of Millenarian Activities. New York: Schocken Books.
Cohn, Norman. 2004 [1961]. The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages. London: Pimlico.
Collins, John J., ed. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
Landes, Richard. 2011. Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of the Millennial Experience. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
Landes, Richard, ed. 2000. Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements. New York and London: Routledge.
Lee, Martha F., ed. 2000. Millennial Visions: Essays on Twentieth-Century Millenarianism. Westport and London: Praeger.
O’Leary, Stephen D. and Glen S. McGhee, eds. 2005. War in Heaven, Heaven on Earth: Theories of the Apocalyptic. London and Oakville: Equinox.
Pokorny, Lukas. 2020. “The Millenarian Myth Ethnocentrized: The Case of East Asian New Religious Movements.” In Nickolas P. Roubekas and Thomas Ryba, eds., Explanation and Interpretation: Theorizing About Religion and Myth, Leiden and Boston: Brill.
Pokorny, Lukas. 2021. “The Theosophical Maitreya: On Benjamin Creme’s Millenarianism.” In Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter, eds., The Occult Nineteenth Century: Roots, Developments, and Impact on the Modern World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Robbins, Thomas and Susan J. Palmer, eds. 1997. Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements. New York and London: Routledge.
Talmon, Yonina. 1966. “Millenarian Movements.” European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie, 7 (2), 159–200.
Thrupp, Sylvia L., ed. 1962. Millennial Dreams in Action: Essays in Comparative Study. The Hague: Mouton & Co.
Walliss, John. 2004. Apocalyptic Trajectories: Millenarianism and Violence in the Contemporary World. Oxford and Bern: Peter Lang.
Wessinger, Catherine, ed. 2011. The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
Wessinger, Catherine. 2000. How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate. New York: Seven Bridges Press.
Wessinger, Catherine, ed. 2000. Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical Cases. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
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066 800 M4, M9, M16, M19, M20; A 033 195 (BRP 05rwb); A 033 195 (BRP 17rwb); A 033 195 14rwb (b)
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