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Apocalypse Culture

TWO THOUSAND YEARS have passed since the death of Christ and the world is going mad. Nihilist prophets, born-again pornographers, transcendental schizophrenics and just plain folks are united in their belief in an imminent global catastrophe. What are the forces lurking behind this mass delirium?

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APOCALYPSE CULTURE is a startling, absorbing and exhaustive tour through the nether regions of today's psychotic brainscape.

First published in1987, APOCALYPSE CULTURE immediately touched a nerve. Alternately excoriated and lauded as "epochal", "the most important book of the decade,"APOCALYPSE CULTURE had begun to articulate what many inwardly sensed — the-fear inspired irrationalism and faith, the clash of irreconcilable forces, and the ever-looming specter of fin de race. In its present incarnation for Feral House,APOCALYPSE CULTURE has significantly increased in size, taking on new perspectives on our current crisis, with pertinent revisions of many articles from the original edition.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 368 pages

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