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Hallucinating the End of History

Nishida, Zen, and the Psychedelic Eschaton

Hallucinating the End of History( )
Author: Cunningham, Eric
ISBN:978-1-933146-28-7
Publication Date:Jul 2007
Publisher:Academica Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $42.90
Book Description:

This monograph explores and describes the historical continuities and relationships between 20th c Zen Buddhism, the postwar psychedelic movement and postmodern eschatology. In general terms (and this is a rich, complex study) the work is a critique of modernization theory as a way of viewing history and suggests the modern epoch (like the Greco-Roman world before it) will only end when the modern world ends. Accordingly, many postmodern movements seek to end modernity through violent...
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Book Details
Pages:420
Detailed Subjects: History / Historiography
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 22.86 cm



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