Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: An apocalyptic imaginary appears so frequently in debates on climate change and the Anthropocene that it might be considered the dominant historical narrative of our time.However, when dealing with apocalypticism, biblical references are not always appropriate.In this article, I argue that we are dealing with two different concepts of apocalypticism, and that the new apocalyptic history is not a negative version of the religious apocalypse.Second, I also argue that the new apocalyptic history nevertheless seems to revolve around the idea of the promise as a specific historical way of binding the past, present and future into a coherent history that, ironically, seems to open up a dialogue with the history of theology.
Source: Rethinking History
Author: Torbjörn Gustafsson Chorell
Institution: Uppsala University
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4396802592