Analysis of Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia

... Analysis of Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia Is modern politics merely part of religion, is utopia a real farce but still a true and constant goal in the world of politics? John Gray would argue so; the novel black mass is suggestive and descriptive of how the as a human race, there is a theme that has been central to Black Mass, he gives the argument a twist. He suggests that virtually all politics, is an inherently impossible feat, and therefore corrupting. Black Mass is a very detailed timeline of recent history and different movements that preceded the current politics of the world; mostly the western aspect of civilization. Also, the various political factions that shaped the world and the inherent problems behind them are chronicled, from monarchism to Nazism to soviet Leninist-Marxism and nearly everything in between. One of the most striking themes of the

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