Beyond the Promised Land
The Movement and the Myth

Publisher:  Between the Lines
Year Published:  2005
Pages:  214pp   ISBN:  1-897071-01-9
  Dewey:  330'.9171'3
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX25290

Part impassioned manifesto, part lucid survey of major streams in Western thought, this brilliant essay brings into focus the biblical template of the Western imagination.

Abstract: 
David Noble's ruminations on leading themes of Western history, culture and society--from the Gilgamesh epic and the biblical narratives to contemporary neo-liberal globalization and the reactions of the Zapatistas and the global justice movements. [Noam Chomsky]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prologue
1. Introduction: Hope in the Here and Now

PART I - THE EVOLUTION OF THE MYTH
2. Before the Promise
3. The Promise
4. Heir to the Promise
5. The Promise Objectified
-History
-Technology
-The Market
6. The Promise Personified

PART 2 - THE ECLIPSE OF THE MYTH
7. The Promise Renounced
8. The Promise Defied
9. Beyond the Promised Land

Epilogue
Index

Subject Headings

• Bible, The
• Christianity
• Globalization
• History of Political Thought
• Islam
• Judaism
• Myths/Mythology
• Philosophy