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Norman Cohn

    January 12, 1915 – July 31, 2007

    This Jewish academic and historian dedicated fourteen years to professorial work, focusing on the intricate connections between medieval and contemporary antisemitism. His research delves deeply into the history and psychology of hatred, seeking to illuminate persistent prejudices and their impact on society today. Through meticulous historical inquiry and critical analysis, he unravels the enduring threads of animosity. His work offers profound insights into the enduring nature of societal biases.

    Die Protokolle der Weisen von Zion
    Die Erwartung der Endzeit
    Sales Out of Service: A Humanistic Approach to Sales and Customer Service Volume 1
    Europe's Inner Demons
    Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come
    The Pursuit of the Millennium
    • 2017

      The book critiques the outdated sales model that prioritizes manipulation over genuine service, leading to widespread distrust in sales and consumer interactions. It advocates for a transformative approach called "Sales out of Service," which emphasizes honesty, integrity, and relationship-building. Drawing from Norman Cohn's successful experience in growing a $40 million business, the book serves as a practical guide for achieving success in sales without requiring specific educational or personality traits. It promotes hard work and commitment as essential for success in any competitive industry.

      Sales Out of Service: A Humanistic Approach to Sales and Customer Service Volume 1
    • 2001

      Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      4.2(156)Add rating

      The view that good will overcome evil and lead to a perfect world is held by many religions and races. This work investigates the origins of this belief through the world views of Egypt, Mesopotamia and India, through Iranian and Jewish prophets, to early Christian beliefs. schovat popis

      Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come
    • 1993

      In this ground-breaking book, Professor Norman Cohn traces popular beliefs about witches to their origins. He examines the fantasies that inspired the great European witch-hunt of the 16th and 17th centuries when thousands of innocent people were tortured and burned alive.

      Europe's Inner Demons
    • 1970

      The end of the millennium has always held the world in fear of earthquakes, plague, and the catastrophic destruction of the world. At the dawn of the 21st millennium the world is still experiencing these anxieties, as seen by the onslaught of fantasies of renewal, doomsday predictions, and New Age prophecies.This fascinating book explores the millenarianism that flourished in western Europe between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries. Covering the full range of revolutionary and anarchic sects and movements in medieval Europe, Cohn demonstrates how prophecies of a final struggle between the hosts of Christ and Antichrist melded with the rootless poor's desire to improve their own material conditions, resulting in a flourishing of millenarian fantasies. The only overall study of medieval millenarian movements, The Pursuit of the Millennium offers an excellent interpretation of how, again and again, in situations of anxiety and unrest, traditional beliefs come to serve as vehicles for social aspirations and animosities.

      The Pursuit of the Millennium