The apocalypse and the response that certain people and social groups have to this are often interpreted from a religious perspective or at least from a spiritual perspective. However, the emergence of the first apocalyptic visions in ancient Palestine, which subsequently gave rise to a wide range of later apocalyptic interpretations and movements, shows that Revelation cannot be understood outside its political sense.
From a form of post-factum explanation of the political and social situation in which the communities that generated such visions were located, myths and apocalyptic narratives have diversified, taken on new functions and incorporated new elements.
Apocalyptic approaches initially allowed for the creation of a framework of analysis whereby imbalances and conflicts in a society were incorporated and explained without clash with theological explanations of boundaries and intentions of divinity. In time, from a post-factor approach, the various forms of apocalypticism were used to give rise to scenarios about the future.
In this work I address the way in which, the developments in apocalyptic views have developed new interpretations of a spiritual and political nature. I want to identify and analyse the forms that apocalyptic mythical thinking had and how it turned from the narration of limited communities to a whole literary and political vision that influenced contemporary Christian/Western space.
My analysis is based on the first forms of apocalyptic views that have emerged in ancient Palestine and is following the way in which, over time, in different contexts, they have acquired new spiritual and political values.