Author: Erik Davis
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 1907222901
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
An exploration of the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson. A study of the spiritual provocations to be found in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness charts the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality that arose from the American counterculture of the 1970s. These three authors changed the way millions of readers thought, dreamed, and experienced reality—but how did their writings reflect, as well as shape, the seismic cultural shifts taking place in America? In High Weirdness, Erik Davis—America's leading scholar of high strangeness—examines the published and unpublished writings of these vital, iconoclastic thinkers, as well as their own life-changing mystical experiences. Davis explores the complex lattice of the strange that flowed through America's West Coast at a time of radical technological, political, and social upheaval to present a new theory of the weird as a viable mode for a renewed engagement with reality.
High Weirdness
Author: Erik Davis
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 1907222901
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
An exploration of the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson. A study of the spiritual provocations to be found in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness charts the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality that arose from the American counterculture of the 1970s. These three authors changed the way millions of readers thought, dreamed, and experienced reality—but how did their writings reflect, as well as shape, the seismic cultural shifts taking place in America? In High Weirdness, Erik Davis—America's leading scholar of high strangeness—examines the published and unpublished writings of these vital, iconoclastic thinkers, as well as their own life-changing mystical experiences. Davis explores the complex lattice of the strange that flowed through America's West Coast at a time of radical technological, political, and social upheaval to present a new theory of the weird as a viable mode for a renewed engagement with reality.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 1907222901
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
An exploration of the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson. A study of the spiritual provocations to be found in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness charts the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality that arose from the American counterculture of the 1970s. These three authors changed the way millions of readers thought, dreamed, and experienced reality—but how did their writings reflect, as well as shape, the seismic cultural shifts taking place in America? In High Weirdness, Erik Davis—America's leading scholar of high strangeness—examines the published and unpublished writings of these vital, iconoclastic thinkers, as well as their own life-changing mystical experiences. Davis explores the complex lattice of the strange that flowed through America's West Coast at a time of radical technological, political, and social upheaval to present a new theory of the weird as a viable mode for a renewed engagement with reality.
The Patterns of Paper Monsters
Author: Emma Rathbone
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316088617
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Jacob Higgins's teenage rage rarely simmers below the surface for long. He despises his negligent mother and her alcoholic boyfriend, Refrigerator Man, and he's indifferent to school and his friends -- though a little less casual about girls and marijuana. His antics have landed him in a North Virginia detention center, where nihilism, freedom, and redemption all take on unexpected guises. In a voice filled with confusion, yearning, and sardonic humor, Jacob narrates his improbably sweet romance with Andrea, an inmate with whom he shares rare glances, melodramatic conversation, and waxy cookies at rigidly chaperoned "socials." But when David, a mysterious, conniving adolescent, handpicks him to assist in a plot to bring about the center's demise, Jacob has to weigh the frail new optimism of his relationship with Andrea against the allure of destruction, rebellion, and escape. In her pitch-perfect debut, Emma Rathbone adroitly captures the drama, both comic and deadly serious, of growing up.
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316088617
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Jacob Higgins's teenage rage rarely simmers below the surface for long. He despises his negligent mother and her alcoholic boyfriend, Refrigerator Man, and he's indifferent to school and his friends -- though a little less casual about girls and marijuana. His antics have landed him in a North Virginia detention center, where nihilism, freedom, and redemption all take on unexpected guises. In a voice filled with confusion, yearning, and sardonic humor, Jacob narrates his improbably sweet romance with Andrea, an inmate with whom he shares rare glances, melodramatic conversation, and waxy cookies at rigidly chaperoned "socials." But when David, a mysterious, conniving adolescent, handpicks him to assist in a plot to bring about the center's demise, Jacob has to weigh the frail new optimism of his relationship with Andrea against the allure of destruction, rebellion, and escape. In her pitch-perfect debut, Emma Rathbone adroitly captures the drama, both comic and deadly serious, of growing up.
Leaving The Fold
Author: Edward T. Babinski
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1615921672
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
This riveting new collection offers testimonies of former fundamentalists who became disillusioned with their churches and left. Presenting more than two dozen personal journeys, this book gives a clear picture of what attracts a person to the fundamentalist faith and what can drive believers away from their religion. Photos throughout.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1615921672
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
This riveting new collection offers testimonies of former fundamentalists who became disillusioned with their churches and left. Presenting more than two dozen personal journeys, this book gives a clear picture of what attracts a person to the fundamentalist faith and what can drive believers away from their religion. Photos throughout.
Dangerous Knowledge
Author: Art Simon
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439906203
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
An intriguing work of cultural criticism on the contemporary meaning and influence of images from the JFK assassination.
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439906203
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
An intriguing work of cultural criticism on the contemporary meaning and influence of images from the JFK assassination.
Milwaukee Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Milwaukee (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Milwaukee (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Beneath the Underground
Author: Bob Black
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The first in-depth exploration, from within , of the rapidly growing cultural phenomenon which received its name from the author Bob Black:the marginals milieu.' You could also call it the do-it-yourself subculture. It consists of the perhaps 20,000 self-publishers of micro-circulation 'zines' and other self produced art, music, pamphlets and posters.'
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The first in-depth exploration, from within , of the rapidly growing cultural phenomenon which received its name from the author Bob Black:the marginals milieu.' You could also call it the do-it-yourself subculture. It consists of the perhaps 20,000 self-publishers of micro-circulation 'zines' and other self produced art, music, pamphlets and posters.'
Mail Art
Author: John Held
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
This comprehensive bibliography lists nearly 2,200 sources (from 36 countries) of information on mail art from books, magazines, newspapers, and catalog essays between 1955 and 1989.
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
This comprehensive bibliography lists nearly 2,200 sources (from 36 countries) of information on mail art from books, magazines, newspapers, and catalog essays between 1955 and 1989.
Gauntlet
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
American Televangelism and Participatory Cultures
Author: Denis J. Bekkering
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030005755
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This book examines unintended participatory cultures and media surrounding the American televangelists Robert Tilton and Tammy Faye Bakker-Messner. It brings to light heavily ironic fan followings; print, audio, and video projects; public access television parodies; and other comedic participatory practices associated with these controversial preachers from the 1980s onwards. For Tilton’s ministry, some of these activities and artifacts would prove irksome and even threatening, particularly an analog video remix turned online viral sensation. In contrast, Bakker-Messner’s “campy” fans – gay men attracted to her “ludicrous tragedy” – would provide her unexpected opportunities for career rehabilitation. Denis J. Bekkering challenges “supply-side” religious economy and branding approaches, suggestions of novelty in religion and “new” media studies, and the emphasis on sincere devotion in research on religion and fandom. He also highlights how everyday individuals have long participated in public negotiations of Christian authenticity through tongue-in-cheek play with purported religious “fakes.”
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030005755
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This book examines unintended participatory cultures and media surrounding the American televangelists Robert Tilton and Tammy Faye Bakker-Messner. It brings to light heavily ironic fan followings; print, audio, and video projects; public access television parodies; and other comedic participatory practices associated with these controversial preachers from the 1980s onwards. For Tilton’s ministry, some of these activities and artifacts would prove irksome and even threatening, particularly an analog video remix turned online viral sensation. In contrast, Bakker-Messner’s “campy” fans – gay men attracted to her “ludicrous tragedy” – would provide her unexpected opportunities for career rehabilitation. Denis J. Bekkering challenges “supply-side” religious economy and branding approaches, suggestions of novelty in religion and “new” media studies, and the emphasis on sincere devotion in research on religion and fandom. He also highlights how everyday individuals have long participated in public negotiations of Christian authenticity through tongue-in-cheek play with purported religious “fakes.”
The Fringes of Reason
Author: Ted Schultz
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN:
Category : New Age movement
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Considers unorthodox beliefs, strange phenomena, and eccentric world views. No bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN:
Category : New Age movement
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Considers unorthodox beliefs, strange phenomena, and eccentric world views. No bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR