| Certainty Lost: A hollow romance: Alone in a dark, cold, lonely universe Contributor(s): Dikian, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 1089038461 ISBN-13: 9781089038467 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Conspiracy Theories |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.44 lbs) 142 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Belief in UFO's is like faith in the supernatural - but, today credulity among the public for tales of the astonishing is less than even a generation ago. The standard explanation attributes this to a growing scepticism. But scepticism alone is a convenient short-hand for a deeper psycho-social, historical and cultural phenomenon spanning the duration of the last two centuries. This is a book about our search for extraterrestrials, but this is a story mostly about us, people like you and I. How we have come to forge belief and what countervailing powers bring about certainty and doubt. In the classic mise-en-sc ne, at remote, deserted locations, country roads or woodland at nights: UFO sightings reflect our yearning of what may lay beyond, romanticised impresses of more civilised lives, of wonder, imagination, anticipation and the unknown - all at once in opposition with incredulity, suspicion and doubt. |