American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology
More than half of American adults and more than seventy-five percent of young Americans believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life. This level of belief rivals that of belief in God. In American Cosmic, D.W. Pasulka examines the mechanisms that foster a thriving belief in extraterrestrial life. He...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Extraterrestrial life
/ Religion
/ Technology
/ Popular culture
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| Summary: | More than half of American adults and more than seventy-five percent of young Americans believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life. This level of belief rivals that of belief in God. In American Cosmic, D.W. Pasulka examines the mechanisms that foster a thriving belief in extraterrestrial life. Her work takes her from Silicon Valley to the Vatican Secret Archive and reveals how media has supplanted religion as a cultural authority that offers believers answers about non-human intelligent life Cover -- American Cosmic -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface: A Tour of Silicon Valley with Jacques Vallee -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Invisible Tyler D. -- 2. James: Master of the Multiverse -- 3. In the Field: The War Is Virtual, the Blood Is Real -- 4. When Star Wars Became Real: The Mechanisms of Belief -- 5. The Material Code: From the Disembodied Soul to the Materiality of Quantum Information -- 6. The Human Receiver: Matter, Information, Energy . . . Contact -- 7. Real and Imaginary: Tyler D.'s Spiritual Conversion in Rome -- Conclusion: The Artifact -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 0190693495 |