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Abducted : how people come to believe they were kidnapped by aliens / Susan A. Clancy.

Van Pelt Library BF2050 .C56 2005
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Language:
English
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Physical Description:
viii, 179 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Summary:
How could anyone believe he or she was abducted by aliens? Or want to believe it? Clancy argues that abductees are sane and intelligent people who have unwittingly created vivid false memories from a me ́lange of nightmares, culturally available texts, and a powerful drive for meaning that science is unable to satisfy. This book is not only a subtle exploration of the workings of memory, but a sensitive inquiry into the nature of belief.
Contents:
  • 1 How Do You Wind Up Studying Aliens? 11
  • 2 How Do People Come To Believe They Were Abducted By Aliens? 30
  • 3 Why Do I Have Memories If It Didn't Happen? 54
  • 4 Why Are Abduction Stories So Consistent? 81
  • 5 Who Gets Abducted? 106
  • 6 If It Didn't Happen, Why Would I Want To Believe It Did? 137.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-171) and index.
ISBN:
0674018796
OCLC:
60550656

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