The cultic milieu : oppositional subcultures in an age of globalization / edited by Jeffrey Kaplan and Heléne Lööw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaplan, Jeffrey, 1954-

Lööw, Heléne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parapsychology.

Cults.

Physical Description:

353 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek : AltaMira Press, [2002]

Summary:

In 1972--a period of social upheaval much like today--sociologist Colin Campbell posited a 'cultic milieu': An underground region where true seekers test hidden, forgotten, and forbidden knowledge. Ideas and allegiances within the milieu change as individuals move between loosely organized groups, but the larger milieu persists in opposition to the dominant culture. Jeffrey Kaplan and Helene Loow find Campbell's theory especially useful in coming to grips with the varied oppositional groups of today.

Contents:

2 The Cult, the Cultic Milieu and Secularization / Colin Campbell 12

3 Diggers, Wolves, Ents, Elves and Expanding Universes / Bron Taylor 26

4 The Historical Communal Roots of Ultraconservative Groups / Timothy Miller 75

5 Neo-Shamanism, Psychic Phenomena and Media Trickery / Laszlo Kurti 110

6 The Gothic Milieu / Massimo Introvigne 138

7 Black and White Unite in Fight? / Mattias Gardell 152

8 The Idea of Purity / Helene Loow 193

9 Thriving in a Cultic Milieu / Frederick J. Simonelli 211

10 The Postwar Paths of Occult National Socialism / Jeffrey Kaplan 225

11 The Modern Anti-Cult Movement in Historical Perspective / J. Gordon Melton 265

12 "Who Watches the Watchman?" / Laird Wilcox 290.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

075910204X

OCLC:

49029480