Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia

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Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia is a philosophical and political critique by John Gray that explores how secular ideologies inherit apocalyptic and utopian patterns from religious thought.

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instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ political critique ⓘ
argues	attempts to create earthly utopias often lead to violence ⓘ belief in inevitable progress is a secularized Christian idea ⓘ modern secular ideologies inherit apocalyptic patterns from religion ⓘ political projects of total transformation are rooted in religious eschatology ⓘ
author	John Gray ⓘ
compares	religious apocalyptic movements ⓘ secular revolutionary movements ⓘ
countryOfPublication	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes	liberal interventionism ⓘ revolutionary violence ⓘ secular faith in progress ⓘ utopian politics ⓘ
genre	intellectual history ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ
hasEdition	Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia (US edition)
hasForm	hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ
inSeriesOfAuthorWorks	Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals ⓘ surface form: follows Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals precedes Gray’s later works on politics and religion ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Enlightenment ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ apocalyptic religion ⓘ liberalism ⓘ millenarianism ⓘ modernity ⓘ neoconservatism ⓘ political messianism ⓘ political violence ⓘ progress ⓘ religious thought ⓘ secular ideologies ⓘ secularization ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ utopianism ⓘ
notableFor	critique of Western liberal universalism ⓘ linking religious eschatology to modern political ideologies ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	anti-utopian thought ⓘ political realism ⓘ
publicationYear	2007 ⓘ
publisher	Allen Lane ⓘ

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