Apocalypse in Islam /
Filiu, Jean-Pierre.
Apocalypse in Islam / Jean-Pierre Filiu ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - xxi, 260 p. ,[8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Translated from the French.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-250) and index.
Prologue: the end of the world draws near -- True and false messiahs of Islam -- Archeology of the end of the world -- Grand masters of the medieval apocalypse -- Avatars of the Mahdi -- Apocalypse now -- Dawn of the fifteenth century of Islam -- Pioneers of the contemporary apocalypse -- The horsemen of apocalyptic jihad -- The beginning of the end in Iraq -- The grand return of the Shiʻi Mahdi -- Diasporas of the apocalypse -- The armageddon of jihad -- Epilogue: through the looking glass-and beyond.
9780520264311 (hc. : alk. paper)
2009049780
Islamic eschatology.
Political messianism--Islamic countries.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islam and politics.
Jihad.
BP166.8 / .F4513 2011
Apocalypse in Islam / Jean-Pierre Filiu ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - xxi, 260 p. ,[8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Translated from the French.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-250) and index.
Prologue: the end of the world draws near -- True and false messiahs of Islam -- Archeology of the end of the world -- Grand masters of the medieval apocalypse -- Avatars of the Mahdi -- Apocalypse now -- Dawn of the fifteenth century of Islam -- Pioneers of the contemporary apocalypse -- The horsemen of apocalyptic jihad -- The beginning of the end in Iraq -- The grand return of the Shiʻi Mahdi -- Diasporas of the apocalypse -- The armageddon of jihad -- Epilogue: through the looking glass-and beyond.
9780520264311 (hc. : alk. paper)
2009049780
Islamic eschatology.
Political messianism--Islamic countries.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islam and politics.
Jihad.
BP166.8 / .F4513 2011