The re-enchantment of the West [[electronic resource] ] : alternative spiritualities, sacralization, popular culture, and occulture . Volume II / / Christopher Partridge

• Autore: Partridge Christopher H (Christopher Hugh), <1961->
• Pubblicazione: London, : T & T Clark, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (468 pages)
• Disciplina: 200.91821
• Soggetto topico: Cults - Western countries
• Soggetto geografico: Western countries Religion
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references, discography, filmography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Ch. 1 $t Wellbeing : subjectivization, the holistic milieu, and healthcare -- $g Ch. 2 $t Eco-enchantment -- $g Ch. 3 $t Cleansing the doors of perception : the contemporary sacralization of psychedelics -- $g Ch. 4 $t Cyberspirituality -- $g Ch. 5 $t sacralization of the extraterrestrial -- $g Ch. 6 $t Dark occulture : contemporary western demonology -- ; Ch.7 The end : eschatological re-enchantment
• Sommario/riassunto: The Re-Enchantment of the West challenges those theories that predict widespread secularization beyond traditional institutional religiosity. Spiritualities are emerging that are not only quite different from the those forms of religion that are in decline, but are often defined over against them and articulated and passed on in ways quite different from those of traditional religion. In particular, it is argued that such contemporary Western spirituality is fed by a constantly replenished reservoir of ideas, practices, and methodologies, which is here termed 'occulture'. Moreover, such occult
• Titolo autorizzato: The re-enchantment of the West
• ISBN: 1-283-27114-1; 9786613271143; 0-567-55271-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910968000003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II