Research Catalog

Title

UFOs, conspiracy theories and the new age : millennial conspiracism / David G. Robertson.

Author

Robertson, David G. (David George)

Publication

• London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
• ©2016

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Description

250 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"How--and why-- were UFOs so prevalent in both conspiracy theories and the New Age milieu in the post-Cold War period? In this ground-breaking book, David G. Robertson argues that UFOs symbolized an uncertainty about the boundaries between scientific knowledge and other ways of validating knowledge, and thus became part of a shared vocabulary. Through historical and ethnographic case studies of three prominent figures--novelist and abductee Whitley Strieber; environmentalist and reptilian proponent David Icke; and David Wilcock, alleged reincarnation of Edgar Cayce--the investigation reveals that millennial conspiracism offers an explanation as to why the prophesied New Age failed to arrive--it was prevented from arriving by malevolent, hidden others. Yet millennial conspiracism constructs a counter-elite, a gnostic third party defined by their special knowledge. An overview of the development of UFO subcultures from the perspective of religious studies, UFOs, Conspiracy Theories and the New Age is an innovative application of discourse analysis to the study of present day alternative religion"--

Series Statement

Bloomsbury advances in religious studies

Uniform Title

Bloomsbury advances in religious studies.

Subjects

• New Age movement
• Millennialism
• Strieber, Whitley
• Conspiracy theories
• Icke, David
• Wilcock, David, 1973-
• Human-alien encounters

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

'And the Truth Shall Set You Free' -- Aquarian Conspiracies -- Approaching Millennial Conspiracism -- 'Trust No-One': UFOs, Conspiracism and Popular Millennialism during the Cold War (1947-87) -- Occulted History: Whitley Strieber and the Abductee Narrative -- 'Problem-Reaction-Solution': David Icke and the Reptilian Thesis -- 'The Science of Oneness': David Wilcock and '2012' Millennialism -- The Counter-Elite: a Theodicy of the Dispossessed.

Call Number

JFE 16-3413

ISBN

• 9781474253208
• 1474253202
• 9781474253222 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781474253215 (ePDF) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2015042312

OCLC

910412805

Author

Robertson, David G. (David George), author.

Title

UFOs, conspiracy theories and the new age : millennial conspiracism / David G. Robertson.

Publisher

London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Bloomsbury advances in religious studies

Bloomsbury advances in religious studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Research Call Number

JFE 16-3413