Ufos, the Absurd, and the Limit of Anthropological Knowledge - Imagining the Impossible in Chile

This book offers an ethnographic and conceptual analysis of contemporary UFO phenomena, focusing specifically on Chilean ufology and the ufological 'absurd', nonsensical instances for their experiencers in which there is no conceptual way out.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Parallax
2 Paradox
3 Deceit
4 Dark
5 Trickster

About the author

Diana Espírito Santo (PhD University College London) is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Her previous book with Routledge is Spirited Histories: Technologies, Media, and Trauma in Paranormal Chile (2022).

Summary

This book offers an ethnographic and conceptual analysis of contemporary UFO phenomena, focusing specifically on Chilean ufology and the ufological ‘absurd’, nonsensical instances for their experiencers in which there is no conceptual way out.

Product details

• Authors: Diana Espirito Santo, Diana Espírito Santo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032494661
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3249466-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Studies in Anthropology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Chile, Ethnic Studies, RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / UFOs & Extraterrestrials, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Religion: general, Social and cultural anthropology, UFOs and extraterrestrial beings, UFOs & extraterrestrial beings, Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems, Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, UFOs;Anthropological Knowledge;Diana Espírito Santo;Chile