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ONTENTS
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FIRST MUST WE THINK TO NEW WORLDS
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A BUDGET OF PARADOXES 49
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THE MOTOR OF HISTORY JOI
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THE MERMAIDS HAVE COME TO THE DESERT 152
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THE COSMIC AQUARIUM 204
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FUTURE HISTORY 251
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| spelling | Buhs, Joshua Blu Verfasser (DE-588)1337610461 aut Think to new worlds the cultural history of Charles Fort and his followers Joshua Blu Buhs Chicago ; London The University of Chicago Press 2024 386 Seiten 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Literaturverzeichnis Seite [359]-370. - Index First must we think to new worlds -- Budget of paradoxes -- The motor of history -- The mermaids have come to the desert -- The cosmic aquarium -- Future history "This book is about Charles Fort, his followers, and the surprising influence they have had on science fiction, the avant-garde, UFOlogy, and more broadly on the role of spirituality and conspiracy in the modern world. Fort was an author and maverick philosopher who wrote four non-fiction books about anomalies-rains of frogs, mysterious disappearances, unexplained lights in the sky-for which he offered hypotheses that even he did not (always) accept as true. 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His work found a ragged following of skeptics who questioned not only science but the press, medicine, and politics. Though their worldviews varied, they shared compelling questions about genius, reality, and authority. At the center of this community was ad man, writer, and enfant terrible Tiffany Thayer, who founded the Fortean Society and ran it for almost three decades, collecting and reporting on every manner of oddity and conspiracy. In Think to New Worlds, Joshua Blu Buhs argues that the Fortean effect on modern culture is deeper than you think. Fort's descendants provided tools to expand the imagination, explore the social order, and demonstrate how power was exercised. Science fiction writers put these ideas to work as they sought to uncover the hidden structures undergirding reality. Avant-garde modernists-including the authors William Gaddis, Henry Miller, and Ezra Pound, as well as Surrealist visual artists-were inspired by Fort's writing about metaphysical and historical forces. And in the years following World War II, flying saucer enthusiasts convinced of alien life raised questions about who controlled the universe. Fort, Charles 1874-1932 (DE-588)11948563X gnd rswk-swf Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Grenzwissenschaften (DE-588)4195347-2 gnd rswk-swf Anomalistik (DE-588)4640881-2 gnd rswk-swf Kulturelle Entwicklung (DE-588)4165968-5 gnd rswk-swf Science-Fiction (DE-588)1098433076 gnd rswk-swf Gesellschaft (DE-588)4020588-5 gnd rswk-swf Wissenschaftlicher Fortschritt (DE-588)4190101-0 gnd rswk-swf Fort, Charles / 1874-1932 / Influence Fort, Charles / 1874-1932 Fortean Society Science writers / United States Science fiction, American / 20th century / History and criticism Science in literature Authors, American / 20th century / Biography Écrivains scientifiques / États-Unis Sciences dans la littérature Écrivains américains / 20e siècle / Biographies LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy SCIENCE / History Authors, American Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Science fiction, American Science writers United States 1900-1999 Biographies Criticism, interpretation, etc Fort, Charles 1874-1932 (DE-588)11948563X p Anomalistik (DE-588)4640881-2 s Grenzwissenschaften (DE-588)4195347-2 s Science-Fiction (DE-588)1098433076 s Gesellschaft (DE-588)4020588-5 s Kulturelle Entwicklung (DE-588)4165968-5 s Wissenschaftlicher Fortschritt (DE-588)4190101-0 s Geschichte z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-226-83149-7 Digitalisierung Deutsches Museum application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=035096855&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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