Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The journal of strange phenomena.
Fortean Times
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The journal of strange phenomena.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The journal of strange phenomena.
Millennial Seduction
Author: Lee Quinby
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501729578
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Who among us still thinks the year 2000 is just an arbitrary turn of a calendar page? Why does its approach bring both fear of apocalyptic destruction and the promise of millennial salvation? Lee Quinby investigates how anxiety about the arrival of the new century casts everything from El Niño to sheep cloning in apocalyptic terms, simultaneously fueling panic and fostering unfounded hope for a perfect world. Millennial rhetoric is both pervasive and persuasive, Quinby argues, because it operates with mutually reinforcing doses of fear and hope. Religious and secular anxiety erupts over charged issues such as sex education, the regulation of cyberspace, and the Christian masculinity of the Promise Keepers. Quinby exposes the dangers of millennialist solutions, which link misogyny, homophobia, and racism with absolutist claims about truth, morality, sexuality, and technology. It is the absolutism of apocalyptic thought—not an impending apocalypse—that poses the more serious threat to our society, Quinby maintains. Millennial Seduction advocates a form of skepticism that challenges absolutism and encourages democratic participation.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501729578
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Who among us still thinks the year 2000 is just an arbitrary turn of a calendar page? Why does its approach bring both fear of apocalyptic destruction and the promise of millennial salvation? Lee Quinby investigates how anxiety about the arrival of the new century casts everything from El Niño to sheep cloning in apocalyptic terms, simultaneously fueling panic and fostering unfounded hope for a perfect world. Millennial rhetoric is both pervasive and persuasive, Quinby argues, because it operates with mutually reinforcing doses of fear and hope. Religious and secular anxiety erupts over charged issues such as sex education, the regulation of cyberspace, and the Christian masculinity of the Promise Keepers. Quinby exposes the dangers of millennialist solutions, which link misogyny, homophobia, and racism with absolutist claims about truth, morality, sexuality, and technology. It is the absolutism of apocalyptic thought—not an impending apocalypse—that poses the more serious threat to our society, Quinby maintains. Millennial Seduction advocates a form of skepticism that challenges absolutism and encourages democratic participation.
Why Statues Weep
Author: Wendy M. Grossman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134962525
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
First Published in 2016. Why do statues weep? Did Nostradamus really predict 9/11? Is it true that we only use 10% of our brain power? Does quantum theory explain the mystery of consciousness? For 21 years, questions like these have been posed, and answered, in the pages of The Skeptic magazine, Britain's foremost and longest-running sceptical magazine, dedicated to the examination of science, scepticism, psychology, secularism, critical thinking, and claims of the paranormal – in short, the pursuit of truth through reason and evidence. This collection brings together the best articles from the magazine's archive in one myth-busting volume. It covers a wide range of topics such as psychic fraudsters, claims of psychic healing and alien abduction, near-death experiences, false memories, and much more. Contributors include Susan Blackmore, Richard Wiseman, John Diamond, Edzard Ernst, plus interviews with Paul Daniels and Stephen Fry. With a foreword by Simon Hoggart, this collection will simultaneously provide you with food for thought and keep you entertained.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134962525
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
First Published in 2016. Why do statues weep? Did Nostradamus really predict 9/11? Is it true that we only use 10% of our brain power? Does quantum theory explain the mystery of consciousness? For 21 years, questions like these have been posed, and answered, in the pages of The Skeptic magazine, Britain's foremost and longest-running sceptical magazine, dedicated to the examination of science, scepticism, psychology, secularism, critical thinking, and claims of the paranormal – in short, the pursuit of truth through reason and evidence. This collection brings together the best articles from the magazine's archive in one myth-busting volume. It covers a wide range of topics such as psychic fraudsters, claims of psychic healing and alien abduction, near-death experiences, false memories, and much more. Contributors include Susan Blackmore, Richard Wiseman, John Diamond, Edzard Ernst, plus interviews with Paul Daniels and Stephen Fry. With a foreword by Simon Hoggart, this collection will simultaneously provide you with food for thought and keep you entertained.
Disaster Movies
Author: Stephen Keane
Publisher: Wallflower Press
ISBN: 9781905674039
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Through detailed analysis of films such as The Towering Inferno, Independence Day, Titanic and The Day After Tomorrow, this book looks at the ways in which disaster movies can be read in relation to both contextual considerations and the increasing commercial demands of contemporary Hollywood. Featuring new material on cinematic representations of disaster in the wake of 9/11 and how we might regard disaster movies in light of recent natural disasters, the volume explores the continual reworking of this previously undervalued genre.
Publisher: Wallflower Press
ISBN: 9781905674039
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Through detailed analysis of films such as The Towering Inferno, Independence Day, Titanic and The Day After Tomorrow, this book looks at the ways in which disaster movies can be read in relation to both contextual considerations and the increasing commercial demands of contemporary Hollywood. Featuring new material on cinematic representations of disaster in the wake of 9/11 and how we might regard disaster movies in light of recent natural disasters, the volume explores the continual reworking of this previously undervalued genre.
Borderlands
Author: Mike Dash
Publisher: Delta
ISBN: 0440614163
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Explore the Borderlands... * The charred remains of Helen Conway, whose body "exploded." Was this a case of spontaneous combustion? * Discoveries of 130-foot-long boa constrictors and twelve-foot giant kangaroos. What other species have gone undiscovered? *In England, a town is pelted from the sky by hundreds of tiny rose-colored frogs. Is this a one-time event, an omen, or a bizarre natural phenomenon? Near-death experiences...lake monsters...crop circles...fairies...visions of the Virgin Mary...Using his vast research and privileged access to case files, noted paranormal investigator Mike Dash has compiled this unprecedented collection of the most baffling puzzles of our time. Touring the globe and sifting through a vast array of eyewitness accounts and film and photographic evidence, Dash separates genuine cases from hoaxes and dares to record those macabre, inexplicable, and terrifying events where there is no other explanation except--that what people saw, heard, and sometimes lived to tell about is true!
Publisher: Delta
ISBN: 0440614163
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Explore the Borderlands... * The charred remains of Helen Conway, whose body "exploded." Was this a case of spontaneous combustion? * Discoveries of 130-foot-long boa constrictors and twelve-foot giant kangaroos. What other species have gone undiscovered? *In England, a town is pelted from the sky by hundreds of tiny rose-colored frogs. Is this a one-time event, an omen, or a bizarre natural phenomenon? Near-death experiences...lake monsters...crop circles...fairies...visions of the Virgin Mary...Using his vast research and privileged access to case files, noted paranormal investigator Mike Dash has compiled this unprecedented collection of the most baffling puzzles of our time. Touring the globe and sifting through a vast array of eyewitness accounts and film and photographic evidence, Dash separates genuine cases from hoaxes and dares to record those macabre, inexplicable, and terrifying events where there is no other explanation except--that what people saw, heard, and sometimes lived to tell about is true!
Reading Communities Reading Scripture
Author: Daniel Patte
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781563383694
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This volume celebrates Daniel Patte's work with essays from international scholars and professionals.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781563383694
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This volume celebrates Daniel Patte's work with essays from international scholars and professionals.
Politics and Paranoia
Author: Robin Ramsay
Publisher: Picnic Publishing
ISBN: 0955610540
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Covers espionage, MI5, MI6, CIA, 9/11, New Labour and much more.
Publisher: Picnic Publishing
ISBN: 0955610540
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Covers espionage, MI5, MI6, CIA, 9/11, New Labour and much more.
Conspiracy Theories
Author: Robin Ramsay
Publisher: Oldacastle Books
ISBN: 1842438190
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Conspiracy theories are all here, but not just lined up to be ridiculed and dismissed. For among the absurd conspiracy theories currently proliferating on the internet, there are nuggets of real research about real conspiracies waiting to be mined. Fully sourced and referenced, this book is a serious examination of a fascinating phenomenon.
Publisher: Oldacastle Books
ISBN: 1842438190
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Conspiracy theories are all here, but not just lined up to be ridiculed and dismissed. For among the absurd conspiracy theories currently proliferating on the internet, there are nuggets of real research about real conspiracies waiting to be mined. Fully sourced and referenced, this book is a serious examination of a fascinating phenomenon.
The Fortean Times Book of the Millennium
Author: Kevin McClure
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781870870788
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781870870788
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Great British Eccentrics
Author: S. D. Tucker
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445647710
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
An entertaining guide to the most eccentric characters from British history
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445647710
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
An entertaining guide to the most eccentric characters from British history