The idea of the apocalypse, both by referring to the biblical myth of the Apocalypse in its various forms, but also by referring to the idea of the end of the world, is a fundamental part of this paper and of my doctoral thesis. In this paper I will analyze how the idea of the apocalypse has emerged throughout history, how it has been transformed according to the social, economic and political developments of the different communities responding to their political and spiritual needs.
This work is built on the idea that the end-of-the-world narratives that arose in antiquity were the answer that certain communities or groups within them tried to understand the world in which they lived and what its purpose might be. I intend to look at the forms of apocalyptic thinking and how it responds to social and political concerns.