From: mporter@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mitchell Porter)
Subject: Call for Papers on the End Times and the Rupture!
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 10:10:02 GMT

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                          MILLENNIUM

New  journal,  focused  on  cultural  studies  connected with the
"millennium rupture", first of all on cultural (both artistic and
non-artistic)  development  in  2nd  millennium  and  comparative
studies about the "millennium ruptures". Articles in this journal
will  be  published  both  in  Slovak  (resp.  Czech) and English
language.  Interdisciplinary   character  of  journal   does  not
eliminate  a possibility  of participation  of any  discipline at
least  on  the  theoretical  level.
MILLENNIUM has no political  goals, however accepts politological
studies too.
No.0  of our  MILLENNIUM should  be a  survey of  opinions on few
aspects  of millennium  rupture.
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Your  answer  will  be  considered  as  your  kindly permition to
publish it. We hope, that  you understand non-profit character of
this No.0. Sure we shall mail one print to all authors of No.0.
MILLENNIUM is bilingual journal: English and Slovak/Czech. Please
use only one of these languages in your answer.

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Martin Masek, Editor

Contact:
Bukova 10
811 02 Bratislava
CzechoSlovakia

Phone: (+42 7) 312 866
Fax: from December 1st 1992     (+42 7) 312 846
Email: usarmase@savba.cs



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                       MILLENNIUM RUPTURES


Only  few   generations  in  human's  history   had  or  have  an
opportunity  to  live  in   two  millenniums.  Just  contemporary
generations have  this opportunity -  we are that  "lucky people"
which  have  the  chance  to   live  both  in  second  and  third
millenniums.
The end  of 19th century  is characterized as  nostalgical "fin du
siecle". The  break of centuries have  brought expressive changes.
20th century  was (or is)  radically distinguished from  19th and
a couple of people reacted to this  events very soon. May be they
have prepared the background of these changes.
The end of  our millennium, as we see  it today, is distinguished
from its  general course. What  does it mean  "second millennium"
for human's history and what  the third? Academy did overstep the
millennium  frontier in  prognoses, scenarios  or considerations;
pragmatically or only from clear curiosity.
We realize, that each day is  a "millennium break" - our each day
had existed 1000 years ago. However, our situation is unique. Our
date  has the  ability return  us back  to the  depth of previous
millenniums  and  points  to  the  future.  It  is  the reachable
proximity  of decimal  date, which  can present  us all  previous
ruptures.  Do we  have an  interest on  this presentation? Are we
fatally connected with it or is it only an outside interest?
We live only in the second  millennium - and human's existence is
older.  Besides this  fact our  date is  meaningful only for that
part of  people, which accept or  reflect the Christian calendar.
Return  to the  millenniums before  Christ is  only a symmetrical
back-projection  of our  culture. This  millenniums had different
orders  and  dates.  Do  we  adapt  history  before Christ to our
culture, our image, our comprehension of the time?
The year 0 had raptured  historical calendar continuity. In spite
of this  fact it is OUR  date, which is connected  with OUR life:
date of birth, dead of  near people, personal or communal events.
It is  a waiting for  new Christs or/and  anti-Christs, prophets,
ends  of the  world, miracles,  changes, breaks.  That is why the
millennium  break  is  the  occasion  to  evaluate  all  what was
happened in "our time"; the occasion look at the direction of the
human development.
These  questions  are  typical  first  of  all  for  that part of
community, which accepts or reflects our calendar. Is it the same
sensful occasion for people of different calendars too?
Each  nowadays rupture  has less  or more  global character. That
previous ruptures could not have this character or their cultural
horizon  could   not  point  to   their  global  character.   The
globalization  of  the  character  of  calendar  rupture  in  the
connection  with  the  existence  of  more  calendars faces us to
paradox  questions   on  the  natural   coherences  of  different
cultures,  calendars, historical  concepts, understanding  of the
time,  ruptures, beginnings  and  ends.  Are these  paradoxes the
manifestation   of  the   globalization?  Is   the  globalization
symptomatic for coming rupture?
Millennium  rupture is  only one  of larger  number of  ruptures.
Although we ask only on the  coming rupture, these facts bring us
to the  more universal term "periodical  rupture" and its meaning
in human history.


Editors
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