Filiu, Jean-Pierre. creator DeBevoise, M. B. text xxu Berkeley University of California Press c2011 monographic eng

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xxi, 260 p. ,[8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm. Prologue: the end of the world draws near -- True and false messiahs of Islam -- Archeology of the end of the world -- Grand masters of the medieval apocalypse -- Avatars of the Mahdi -- Apocalypse now -- Dawn of the fifteenth century of Islam -- Pioneers of the contemporary apocalypse -- The horsemen of apocalyptic jihad -- The beginning of the end in Iraq -- The grand return of the Shiʻi Mahdi -- Diasporas of the apocalypse -- The armageddon of jihad -- Epilogue: through the looking glass-and beyond. Jean-Pierre Filiu ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise. Translated from the French. Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-250) and index. Islamic eschatology Political messianism Islamic countries Islamic fundamentalism Islam and politics Jihad BP166.8 .F4513 2011 9780520264311 (hc. : alk. paper) 2009049780 150902 20150902205100.0