{"product_id":"ufos-conspiracy-theories-and-the-david-g-robertson-9781350044982","title":"Ufos, Conspiracy Theories and the New Age: Millennial Conspiracism","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow-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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David G. Robertson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350044989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350044982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"David G. Robertson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064349880575,"sku":"9781350044982","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16ce8910-4e95-4b48-9880-e874dcf03d9f.jpg?v=1685394958","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ufos-conspiracy-theories-and-the-david-g-robertson-9781350044982","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}