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The odyssey experience physical, social, psychological, and spiritual journeys

Title
The odyssey experience [electronic resource] : physical, social, psychological, and spiritual journeys / Neil J. Smelser.
Author
Smelser, Neil J.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

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Description
1 online resource (xiv, 272 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Odyssey experience (Online)
Alternative Title
Odyssey experience (Online)
Subject
  • Insight
  • Introspection
  • Life change events
  • Vision quests
  • Pilgrims and pilgrimages
  • Voyages and travels
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-248) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
The essentials of the experience -- Autobiographical roots : some personal odysseys -- Religious foundations and their derivatives -- Secularized and commercialized odysseys -- Some miscellaneous, more or less invented experiences -- Some coercive odyssey experiences -- Additional theoretical reflections.
LCCN
2008040509
OCLC
ssj0000440330
Author
Smelser, Neil J.
Title
The odyssey experience [electronic resource] : physical, social, psychological, and spiritual journeys / Neil J. Smelser.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-248) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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