Colin Bennett

Politics of the Imagination (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

A great American crank, in the best sense of the word, Charles Hoy Fort (1874-1932) spent his life hunting down reports of "anomalous phenomena"¿"damned" events such rains of frogs, cattle mutilations, and UFO sightings¿and studying them from a true outsider's perspective, one that characterized even objective science as wearing blinders in its approach to them. In this modern classic of analytical biography, Colin Bennett examines not only the life of this one-man investigator of real-life X-Files but his work as well, likening him to such diverse figures that loom in the cultural imagination as Lee Harvey Oswald and Shakespeare's Hamlet. A must-read for fans of the strange, this riveting book explores why the 20th century, which gave rise to conspiracy-theory philosophies and widespread distrust of social authority, embraced Fort so wholly that his name has been immortalized in the adjective "Fortean."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cosimo Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781616405861
• Artikelnr.: 41870400

Autorenporträt

Colin Bennett is an internationally-recognized expert on ufology and extraterrestrial activity, and is the author of Politics of the Imagination, Looking for Orthon, and Flying Saucers over the White House. His recent publications include a comic novel, The Rumford Rogues (Headpress, England), contributions to Reality Uncovered (realityuncovered.net), and articles for the US-based UFO Magazine. Bennett currently resides in London where he continues to write and discover new interests.