Books by Norman Cohn
The Pursuit of the Millennium
by Norman Cohn
John Gray says: I first read Norman Cohn back in the sixties. It stayed with me and had a profound effect on me, and emerged in my own work
Ian McEwan says: This is an historical account of the millenarian sects that swept across Europe from the 11th to 15th centuries: sects that were driven by certainties of the world coming to an end. Clearly, it has relevance for our times.
Interviews where books by Norman Cohn were recommended
Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels
Novelist Ian McEwan talks about five of the books that have helped shape his own, from the biography of a scientific genius to a treatise on the end of time, and discusses the importance of finding “mental freedom”
Critiques of Utopia and Apocalypse, recommended by John Gray
Is it inevitable that the desire to build a perfect world should end in disaster? John Gray considers the flaws in utopian thinking and the essential nature of humans. He recommends the best critiques of utopia and apocalypse.
