Word: apocalypticism
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Give Giamatti his due credit. Here he is, out front, trying to persuade government on the one hand that private universities deserve extensive funding because they contribute to the public interest; and on the other that government has proved too excessive in its regulatory requirements. In "The Apocalyptic Style," he...
Why is burnout, for all its serious implications, somewhat irritating to contemplate? Part of the problem resides in the term itself. It is too apocalyptic (in its private, individual way). Burnout implies a violent process ending in a devastation. The term perfectly captures an American habit of hyperbole and narcissism...
From the topless beaches of the Côte d'Azur to back packing trails in the Alps, French vacationers last week were enjoying the final moments of their summer holidays. An uncommon number of them, including President François Mitterrand, seemed to have their noses buried in a book. The...
After a period of apocalyptic rhetoric, Californians generally took the spraying in stride. Residents of the infested areas were bombarded with information on the safety of the chemical, which according to state lexicologists is only one twenty-fifth as toxic as the pesticide used in flea collars. Brown's...
Such passages give the novel an imaginative intensity that is rare in contemporary fiction. Seldom are such eerie, dreamed-up landscapes made so accessible. Thanks to the Bomb, all people are now entitled to their very own apocalyptic visions, whether they want them or not. Russell Hoban's nightmare...