04298nam 2201045Ia 450 991078900110332120230721033502.01-282-77254-697866127725420-520-94342-210.1525/9780520943421(CKB)3390000000007000(EBL)837313(OCoLC)773565077(SSID)ssj0000440330(PQKBManifestationID)11273932(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000440330(PQKBWorkID)10470049(PQKB)11682879(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056082(MiAaPQ)EBC837313(OCoLC)670278200(MdBmJHUP)muse30464(DE-B1597)519690(DE-B1597)9780520943421(Au-PeEL)EBL837313(CaPaEBR)ebr10675827(CaONFJC)MIL277254(EXLCZ)99339000000000700020080915d2009 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe odyssey experience[electronic resource] physical, social, psychological, and spiritual journeys /Neil J. SmelserBerkeley University of California Pressc20091 online resource (287 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25897-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-248) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Preface --1. The Essentials of the Experience --2. Autobiographical Roots: Some Personal Odysseys --3. Religious Foundations and Their Derivatives --4. Secularized and Commercialized Odysseys --5. Some Miscellaneous, More or Less Invented Experiences --6. Some Coercive Odyssey Experiences --7. Additional Theoretical Reflections --References --IndexThis bold and innovative book traces the phenomenon of the "odyssey" experience as it shapes, informs, and defines our lives. Drawing on an astonishing range of examples, Neil J. Smelser focuses on how such experiences enhance our lives and provide us with meaning and dignity. The odyssey experience, as Smelser advances it, is generic, widespread, and recurring. It is a finite period of disengagement from the routines of life and immersion into a simpler, transitory, often collective, usually intense period of involvement that culminates in some kind of regeneration. By examining a variety of topics as part of a larger, overarching phenomenon, Smelser transforms their study from the particular to the comparative. The Odyssey Experience thus reaches beyond a simple description of where and how transformations occur in daily life to offer a profound explanation for why they are there.InsightIntrospectionLife change eventsVision questsPilgrims and pilgrimagesVoyages and travelsbehavioral studies.comparative studies.engaging.human behavior.human condition.human experiences.human tendencies.intense period of life.life changes.life journeys.life lessons.nonfiction.odyssey.personal growth.personal transformation.physical journeys.psychological journeys.quest for meaning.regeneration.religion and spirituality.scientists.self help.social relationships.spiritual journeys.spiritual.Insight.Introspection.Life change events.Vision quests.Pilgrims and pilgrimages.Voyages and travels.153.4155.9Smelser Neil J89308MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789001103321The odyssey experience3783425UNINA