Cohn explores the origins of the central conviction common to all apocalyptic beliefs--that the future will bring a final struggle between the forces of good and evil that will bring an end to conflict and allow the establishment of a new era of peace, prosperity, and happiness on earth. The author displays his usual mastery of the material and ...
In a fascinating work of historical and literary detection. Norman Cohn unravels the origins of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the enormously influential literary forgery that served as a corner-stone of Nazi propaganda. Warrant for Genocide sets the story of the Protocols within the broader context of the history of anti-Semitism and ...
Cohn explores the origins of the central conviction common to all apocalyptic beliefs--that the future will bring a final struggle between the forces of good and evil that will bring an end to conflict and allow the establishment of a new era of peace, prosperity, and happiness on earth. The author displays his usual mastery of the material and ...
The biblical tale of Noah and the Flood has been interpreted in many different ways through the ages, mirroring the many changes in Western beliefs and values. In this illustrated book, Norman Cohn, the author of "The Pursuit of the Millennium" and "Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come", explores the origins, development, and varying ...
In "Europe's Inner Demons," Cohn, author of "The Pursuit of the Millennium" and "Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come" continues his exploration of the extraordinary power evoked when myth and paranoid fantasy combine. This time around Cohn has turned his attentions to the delusional beliefs about witches that lay at the heart of the great witch ...
GOLD KHAN AND OTHER SIBERIAN LEGENDS is filled with tremendous sagas from a forgotten age and, through the skill of an exceptional translator, their barbarous beauty is laid bare in this incredible volume.
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