num_pages: 304
description: As we approach the year 2000 why have millenarian groups flourished? A study of why, throughout recorded history, various religious groups have felt the need for apocalyptic readings of history. What is it about modern life that makes such views widespread in an allegedly rational age where science and technology reign supreme?
language: English
title: Living at the End of the World: Humanity's Obsession with Its Own Ultimate Demise
titlecomplete: Living at the End of the World: Humanity's Obsession with Its Own Ultimate Demise
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Transatlantic Publications