TY - BOOK AU - Gray,John TI - Black mass: apocalyptic religion and the death of utopia SN - 9780374531522 (pbk.) AV - BL 65 G779b 2007 U1 - 321.07 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - Religion and politics KW - Religión y política KW - Utopías KW - Revoluciones KW - Aspectos religiosos KW - Utopias KW - Revolutions KW - Religious aspects KW - Conservatism KW - World politics KW - 21st century N1 - Originally published: Great Britain : Allen Lane, 2007; Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-229) and index; The death of utopia -- Enlightenment and terror in the twentieth century -- Utopia enters the mainstream -- The Americanization of the apocalypse -- Armed missionaries -- Post-apocalypse N2 - Philosopher John Gray examines the history of utopianism, links it to apocalyptic religious beliefs, and argues that utopianism currently dominates mainstream politics, discussing its impact in Iraq and elsewhere in the twenty-first century ER -