Believing in the net [electronic resource] : implicit religion and the Internet hype, 1994-2001 / door Karen Pr̃na geboren te Tallinn, Estland in 1977.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Pärna, Karen.

Series:

LUP Dissertaties

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Religious aspects.

Internet.

Religion and sociology.

Religiousness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study shows that, in an implicit form, religion can be found everywhere in our culture.

Contents:

Believing in the Net; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTIONMODERNITY, MEANING AND THE INTERNET; CHAPTER 1 SECULARISATION, AND RELIGION BEYOND ITS INSTITUTIONS; CHAPTER 2 THE CONSOLATIONS OF MODERNITY: ULTIMATE MEANING IN THE SECULAR ERA; CHAPTER 3 ONTOLOGICAL SECURITY AND HYPES; CHAPTER 4 THE ROOTS OF THE INTERNET HYPE: POST-COLD WAR ANOMIE AND THE INFORMATION AGE; CHAPTER 5 THE DREAMS OF THE INTERNET AGE; CHAPTER 6 WHIZ KIDS, GENIUSES, VISIONARIES AND CYBER-GURUS; CHAPTER 7 DOTCOMS & THE PEAK OF THE INTERNET HYPE; CHAPTER 8 EPILOGUE: THE Y2K HYPE

CHAPTER 9 CONCLUSIONSBIBLIOGRAPHY; WEBSITES AND AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL; SAMENVATTING; CURRICULUM VITAE

Notes:

Proefshcrift (Ph. D.)--Universiteit Leiden, 2010.

"Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof.mr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op donderdag 28 januari 2010 klokke 15.00 uur."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-23188-3

9786613231888

90-485-1538-6

OCLC:

746747236