Title: The end of time : religion, ritual, and the forging of the soul /
Authors: Fenn, Richard K.
Publisher: Pilgrim Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Time Social aspects.; Rites and ceremonies; Time Psychological aspects.; Fascism
Abstract: The End of Time is a highly original and topical study of how societies and individuals deal with the meaning and passage of time. Richard Fenn has a particular interest in time running out, in making up for lost time, and in what society - invariably through ritual - may demand in such situations by way of sacrifice. Fenn makes the disturbing claim that 'temporal panic' - the idea that time is short - leads to the exacerbation, in society, of fascist tendencies: fascist movements are the direct result of anxiety and panic about running out of time, and may have a lasting and disastrous effect on the communities which give rise to them.