Format:
1 Online-Ressource (vii, 256 p)
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Illustrationen
Edition:
2014
ISBN:
9781474253239
,
9781474253215
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9781474253222
Series Statement:
Bloomsbury advances in religious studies
Content:
"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 knowledge, and thus became part of a shared vocabulary. Through historical and ethnographic case studies of three prominent figures--novelist and abductee Whitley Strieber; environmentalist and reptilian proponent David Icke; and David Wilcock, alleged reincarnation of Edgar Cayce--the investigation reveals that millennial conspiracism offers an explanation as to why the prophesied New Age failed to arrive--it was prevented from arriving by malevolent, hidden others. Yet millennial conspiracism constructs a counter-elite, a gnostic third party defined by their special knowledge. An overview of the development of UFO subcultures from the perspective of religious studies, UFOs, Conspiracy Theories and the New Age is an innovative application of discourse analysis to the study of present day alternative religion."--
Content:
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: 'The Truth Shall Set You Free' -- 2. Approaching Millennial Conspiracism -- 3. 'Trust No-One': UFOs, Conspiracism and Popular Millennialism during the Cold War -- 4. Occulted History: 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 and a Theodicy of the Dispossessed -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781474253208
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Robertson, David G., 1975 - Ufos, conspiracy theories and the New Age London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 ISBN 1474253202
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350044982
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781474253215
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781474253222
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781474253208
Language:
English
Keywords:
UFO
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Verschwörungstheorie
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New Age
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781474253239
Author information:
Robertson, David G. 1975-
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