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13 produkter
Of Flying Saucers and Social Scientists: A Re-Reading of When Prophecy Fails and of Cognitive Dissonance
E-bok, 2013
779 kr
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What happens when prophecies fail? Timothy Jenkins' re-reading of Leon Festinger''s classic work on "cognitive dissonance" seeks to answer this question by studying a 50s doomsday group. This volume explores the relations between anthropology and psychology, and between social scientific and …
Of Flying Saucers and Social Scientists: A Re-Reading of When Prophecy Fails and of Cognitive Dissonance
Inbunden, 2013
551 kr
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What happens when prophecies fail? Timothy Jenkins' re-reading of Leon Festinger's classic work on "cognitive dissonance" seeks to answer this question by studying a 50s doomsday group. This volume explores the relations between anthropology and psychology, and between social scientific and natural …
Religion in English Everyday Life
An Ethnographic Approach
Inbunden, 1999
1921 kr
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Starting from an ethnographic appraisal of the place of religious practices, and thereby returning to an approach more recently neglected, this book offers a detailed understanding of English everyday life. Three contemporary case studies - the life of a country church, an annual procession by the …
Religion in English Everyday Life
An Ethnographic Approach
Häftad, 1999
527 kr
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Starting from an ethnographic appraisal of the place of religious practices, and thereby returning to an approach more recently neglected, this book offers a detailed understanding of English everyday life. Three contemporary case studies - the life of a country church, an annual procession by the …
Religion in English Everyday Life
An Ethnographic Approach
E-bok, 1999
316 kr
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Starting from an ethnographic appraisal of the place of religious practices, and thereby returning to an approach more recently neglected, this book offers a detailed understanding of English everyday life. Three contemporary case studies - the life of a country church, an annual procession by the …
Flying Saucers
An Introduction
Häftad, 2024
303 kr
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«Jenkins’ meticulously researched essay will change how you think about UFOs. The interesting question is not whether flying saucers are real or fake, but rather, in what sociotechnical world were such sightings plausible? A fascinating exploration of military vigilance, technological innovation …
Images of Elsewhere
Häftad, 2024
303 kr
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«Both a fascinating historically informed account of flying saucers in military and popular imagination, from their arrival in the 1940s until the present, and a satisfying intellectual account of how categories and objects change simultaneously. Jenkins authoritatively charts the continuities and …
UFO Reports
Häftad, 2024
309 kr
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«Theoretically insightful and descriptively rich, UFO Reports is deeply thoughtful and thought provoking. Jenkins demonstrates how UFO advocates and sceptics alike exist within a shared universe of meaning that is utterly rationalist and yet profoundly occult. As such, chasing UFOs becomes a rival …
Religion and Science Fiction
Häftad, 2024
309 kr
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«Flying saucers come from outer space – except, as Timothy Jenkins observes in this persuasive and enjoyable volume, they also come from the pages of nineteenth-century occult texts. Jenkins ably traces the connections between Madame Blavatsky’s messages from spirit masters to Richard Shaver’s pulp …
Martian Linguistics
Häftad, 2024
309 kr
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«Jenkins weaves astrobiology, philosophy and theology into a rich tapestry that will be our vade-mecum for extra-terrestrial contact. The stakes are high, poised between being welcomed into the interstellar community and abandoning hope as we peer into abysses of solipsistic nihilism. The labyrinth …
Life of Property
House, Family and Inheritance in Béarn, South-West France
Inbunden, 2010
1921 kr
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In Béarn, a region of south-west France, longstanding and resilient ideas of property and practices of inheritance control the destinies of those living in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Based on extensive fieldwork and archival research that combines ethnography and intellectual history, this …
Life of Property
House, Family and Inheritance in Béarn, South-West France
E-bok, 2010
325 kr
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In Béarn, a region of south-west France, longstanding and resilient ideas of property and practices of inheritance control the destinies of those living in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Based on extensive fieldwork and archival research that combines ethnography and intellectual history, this …
