After The EndExplores the cultural function of the concept of the end. Apocalyptic thought is hardly unique to the end of the twentieth century; its been a fixture of American culture for decades. Currently, the media are rife with omens and signs, and were bombarded with warnings that the end is near. But as James Berger argues here, the end never comes. There is always something left. In this study of the cultural pursuit of the end and what follows, Berger