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Beyond the End - Episode 5. Apocalypse and Revolution: The End in Contemporary Italian Literature
What if imagining the end of the world were also a way of imagining a new one? In this episode, Doctor Irene Barbotti speaks with Dr Rebecca Walker about the revolutionary and creative power of the idea of “apocalypse”, from early Christianity to contemporary Italian culture. The “end” can mean the end of the world, but also of a way of life, a political system, or a particular understanding of ourselves. Moving between Mark 13 and the Book of Revelation, the radical Christian movement of the Circumcellions, Ernst Bloch’s Atheism in Christianity, and the writings of Elsa Morante and Michela…
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