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From The Matrix to Campanella: cultural hybrids and globalization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2006

SERGE GRUZINSKI
SERGE GRUZINSKI
Affiliation:
CERMA, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, 54, bd Raspail, 75006 Paris. E-mail: CERMA@ehess.fr
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Abstract

Starting from an analysis of the recent film The Matrix, and emphasizing its millenarian and messianic components, the article goes on to consider the importance of millenarian and messianic movements in the Old World (especially Spain and Portugal) and the New world (especially Mexico, Peru and Brazil) in the 16th century, noting Tommaso Campanella's expectation of an imminent world monarchy. The conclusion is that these movements offered a privileged space for different religions to interact and to mix.

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European Review , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 111 - 127
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Academia Europaea 2006

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Footnotes

Translated by Emma Morrison. Trinity College Dublin.