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The Apocalyptic Imagination and the Making of the Modern World with John Jeffries Martin

Dec 31, 2022

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The belief in the end times has shaped the modern world and influenced various aspects of society, including politics and the natural sciences.

Apocalyptic beliefs provide hope, closure to suffering, and a vision of a better future, linking to the longing for overcoming challenges.

Deep dives

The overlap between the modern world and the concept of the end

The podcast discusses the author's book, which explores the connection between how the modern world is constructed and the underlying belief in the end times. It presents the idea that the concept of the end has shaped what we consider to be the modern world and how people have thought about the end throughout history.

What's Happening in the Early Modern Period?

03:31

Is the Gutenberg Process Bringing About Any Sort of Noticeable Social Changes?

03:34

Do You Think It Would Have Been Possible for a Human to Exist Without Watches and Clocks?

01:44

Introduction

3min

What's Coming After All of This?

2min

Apocalyptic Thoughts

2min

Machiavelli and the Mdi

5min

Machiavelli and Joseph Hakele - Do They See a Benefit?

2min

The History of the End

3min

Do You Think We've Come to a New End?

2min

Do You Think It Would Have Been Possible for a Human to Exist Without Watches and Clocks?

2min

Is Death and Suffering Trying to Hiding It Socially?

2min

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The End Times Haven't Arrived - Is There a Pattern?

2min

11.

Are We Really in Control of the World?

3min

12.

What's Happening in the Early Modern Period?

4min

13.

Is the Gutenberg Process Bringing About Any Sort of Noticeable Social Changes?

4min

14.

Do You Think There Can Be Such a Thing as Sacred Drama?

2min

15.

Is There a Transcendental End to Human Experience on Earth?

3min

16.

Is There a Progression of the Apocalyptic?

3min

17.

Was There a Shift in Hope in the Enlightenment?

3min

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Do You Still Have Hope?

3min

19.

The Apocalypse in Modernity

3min

20.

You Don't Think We'll Ever Lose

4min

John Jeffries Martin is a historian of early modern Europe, with particular interests in the social, cultural, and intellectual history of Italy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In this episode we discuss his book A Beautiful Ending - The Apocalyptic Imagination and the Making of the Modern World.

Book link: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300247329/a-beautiful-ending/

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The Apocalyptic Imagination and the Making of the Modern World with John Jeffries Martin

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

The overlap between the modern world and the concept of the end

The motivation behind writing the book

The historical significance of apocalypticism

The relationship between apocalypticism and hope

What's Happening in the Early Modern Period?

Is the Gutenberg Process Bringing About Any Sort of Noticeable Social Changes?

Do You Think It Would Have Been Possible for a Human to Exist Without Watches and Clocks?

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts