UFOs, conspiracy theories and the new age : millennial conspiracism /

"How--and why-- were UFOs so prevalent in both conspiracy theories and the New Age milieu in the post-Cold War period? In this ground-breaking book, David G. Robertson argues that UFOs symbolized an uncertainty about the boundaries between scientific knowledge and other ways of validating knowl...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robertson, David G. (David George) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2016]
Colección:Bloomsbury advances in religious studies.
Temas:
Strieber, Whitley.
Icke, David.
Wilcock, David, > 1973-
Human-alien encounters.
Conspiracy theories.
New Age movement.
Millennialism.
Rencontres avec les extraterrestres.
Théories du complot.
Nouvel Âge (Mouvement)
Millénarisme.
millenarianism.
Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects.
Humanist & secular alternatives to religion.
Eclectic & esoteric religions & belief systems.
Religion & beliefs.
RELIGION > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
FICTION > Fantasy > Paranormal.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
Samenzwering.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Prologue: 'And the Truth Shall Set You Free'; 1 Introduction: Aquarian Conspiracies; 2 Approaching Millennial Conspiracism; 3 'Trust No-One': UFOs, Conspiracism and Popular Millennialism during the Cold War, 1947-87; 4 Occulted Histories: Whitley Strieber and the Abductee Narrative; 5 'Problem-Reaction-Solution': David Icke and the Reptilian Thesis; 6 'The Science of Oneness': David Wilcock and '2012' Millennialism; 7 The Counter-Elite/A Theodicy of the Dispossessed; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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