The New Age in the Modern West: Counterculture, Utopia and Prophecy from the Late Eighteenth Century to the Present Day

by Nicholas Campion

Book Overview

New Age culture is generally regarded as a modern manifestation of Western millenarianism - a concept built around the expectation of an imminent historical crisis followed by the inauguration of a golden age which occupies a key place in the history of Western ideas. The New Age in the Modern West argues that New Age culture is part of a family of ideas, including utopianism, which construct alternative futures and drive revolutionary change...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350036811
• ISBN13: 9781350036819
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"