Category Archives: November

Article on Apocalypse and Environmentalist Books

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Lee Quinby

Hi, here’s the article I mentioned in class on how apocalyptic some of the recent books on environmentalism are: http://chronicle.com/article/The-Doom-Boom/125474/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

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The End, and New Beginnings

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Mac Warren

Throughout human history, the apocalypse has been present as a cultural construct capable of inducing a wide range of reactions among those who accept its viability. Now, as the concept is deconstructed in conjunction with the complexities of postmodernism, the … Continue reading →

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Trials and Tribulations

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Sam Barnes

The story of the end of the world is written into its beginning – that Word of God extinguished at last, that inevitable return to the emptiness from which it was born.  But as we sit in the middest of … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse as Entertainment

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Grecia H.

Since the beginning of the semester, I have been keeping in mind the connection between the Apocalypse and entertainment. These two essays explore and show the complex dichotomy of these concepts. The Apocalypse lends itself to extraordinary scenes of epic … Continue reading →

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Why Men Throw Bombs

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Andreas Apostolopoulos

Quinby’s Essay on “Unsettling the Fundamentalist Mindset” provides yet another look into the plethora of ways in which apocalyptic notions and the fundamentalist mindset come into play in a broad-range of real-world situations. The entire patriarchal structure of American families, … Continue reading →

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