Cult X

Author : Fuminori Nakamura
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616957872

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Cult X by Fuminori Nakamura Pdf

The magnum opus by Japanese literary sensation Fuminori Nakamura, Cult X is a story that dives into the psychology of fringe religion, obsession, and social disaffection. When Toru Narazaki’s girlfriend, Ryoko Tachibana, disappears, he tries to track her down, despite the warnings of the private detective he’s hired to find her. Ryoko’s past is shrouded in mystery, but the one concrete clue to her whereabouts is a previous address in the heart of Tokyo. She lived in a compound with a group that seems to be a cult led by a charismatic guru with a revisionist Buddhist scheme of life, death, and society. Narazaki plunges into the secretive world of the cult, ready to expose himself to any of the guru’s brainwashing tactics if it means he can learn the truth about Ryoko. But the cult isn’t what he expected, and he has no idea of the bubbling violence he is stepping into. Inspired by the 1995 sarin gas terrorist attack on the Tokyo subway, Cult X is an exploration of what draws individuals into extremism. It is a tour de force that captures the connections between astrophysics, neuroscience, and religion; an invective against predatory corporate consumerism and exploitative geopolitics; and a love story about compassion in the face of nihilism.

Author : Stephen Butterfield
Publisher : South End Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0896082539

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Amway, the Cult of Free Enterprise by Stephen Butterfield Pdf

Butterfield, an ex-Amway distributor, dissects the dynamics of this "Free Enterprise" empire with an insider's insight.

Author : Sara Gwenllian-Jones,Roberta E. Pearson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0816638314

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Cult Television by Sara Gwenllian-Jones,Roberta E. Pearson Pdf

A television series is tagged with the label "cult" by the media, advertisers, and network executives when it is considered edgy or offbeat, when it appeals to nostalgia, or when it is considered emblematic of a particular subculture. By these criteria, almost any series could be described as cult. Yet certain programs exert an uncanny power over their fans, encouraging them to immerse themselves within a fictional world. In Cult Television leading scholars examine such shows as The X-Files; The Avengers; Doctor Who, Babylon Five; Star Trek; Xena, Warrior Princess; and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to determine the defining characteristics of cult television and map the contours of this phenomenon within the larger scope of popular culture. Contributors: Karen Backstein; David A. Black, Seton Hall U; Mary Hammond, Open U; Nathan Hunt, U of Nottingham; Mark Jancovich; Petra Kuppers, Bryant College; Philippe Le Guern, U of Angers, France; Alan McKee; Toby Miller, New York U; Jeffrey Sconce, Northwestern U; Eva Vieth Sara Gwenllian-Jones is a lecturer in television and digital media at Cardiff University and co-editor of Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media. Roberta E. Pearson is a reader in media and cultural studies at Cardiff University. She is the author of the forthcoming book Small Screen, Big Universe: Star Trek and Television.

Author : Gerette Buglion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1578690749

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An Everyday Cult by Gerette Buglion Pdf

A personal memoir and a wake-up call for society to recognize and reject the erosion of critical thinking, An Everyday Cult is an essential read for understanding how people fall prey to mind control and cultic manipulation. Buglion's true-life story follows her through eighteen years under a trusted teacher's unethical tutelage and shows how her innocent quest for meaning was answered by a man who ultimately eroded her capacity for critical thinking. Through a treacherous narrative, she lays bare the hallmarks of cultic manipulation-mind control that flies under the radar of human awareness-and implores society to wake up to its ever-present abuses of power. It is a redemptive book of self-awareness and self-discovery. An Everyday Cult imparts a universal story, demonstrating how recognition of cultic membership-largely riddled with preconceived notions-may be an essential key to human evolution.

Author : Janice Gross Stein
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780887846786

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The Cult of Efficiency by Janice Gross Stein Pdf

"This thought-provoking discourse on the unquestioned pursuit of efficiency reveals how the discussion of efficiency in the delivery of public goods, such as education and health care, has risen to prominence in postindustrial society. Stein's provocative argument, reminiscent of the thinking of Lewis Mumford, demonstrates that efficiency can too often be a cloak for political agendas, and that pressure for efficiency can actually be a detrimental rather than a positive force. Citizens in public schools, community clinics, and hospitals are shown engaging directly with such agendas, redrawing the face of the state as they impose new ways of delivering public goods. Stein demonstrates how they are calling not only for efficiency but for accountability and choice as they confront the dilemmas of democratic processes in a global age."

Author : Lamont Lindstrom
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824878955

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Cargo Cult by Lamont Lindstrom Pdf

Who is not captivated by tales of Islanders earnestly scanning their watery horizons for great fleets of cargo ships bringing rice, radios and refrigerators - ships that will never arrive? Of all the stories spun about the island peoples of Melanesia, tales of cargo cult are among the most fascinating. The term cargo cult, Lamont Lindstrom contends, is one of anthropology's most successful conceptual offspring. Like culture, worldview and ethnicity, its usage has steadily proliferated, migrating into popular culture where today it is used to describe an astonishing roll-call of people. It's history makes for lively and compelling reading. The cargo cult story, Lindstrom shows, is more significant than it at first appears, for it recapitulates in summary form three generations of anthropological theory and Pacific studies. Although anthropologists' enthusiasm for the notion of cargo cult has waned, it now colors outsiders' understanding of Melanesian culture, and even Melanesians' perceptions of themselves. The repercussions for contemporary Islanders are significant: leaders of more than one political movement have felt the need to deny that they are any kind of cargo cultist. Of particular interest to this history is Lindstom's argument that accounts of cargo cult are at heart tragedies of thwarted desire, melancholy anticipation and crazy unrequited love. He makes a convincing case that these stories expose powerful Western scenarios of desire itself—giving cargo cult its combined titillation of the fascinating exotic and the comfortably familiar.

Author : Arthur Bell
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781465576804

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Mankind United by Arthur Bell Pdf

Author : Caridad Svich
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781300702627

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The Tropic of X by Caridad Svich Pdf

THE TROPIC OF X is a play by 2012 OBIE-award winning playwright Caridad Svich. This five-character play tells the defiant love story of Mori and Maura, two street kids hustling and trying to survive in a broken city somewhere in the polyglot Americas. This new edition, which marks the 2013 North American premiere of the play, includes an introduction by scholar Marvin Carlson, a director's statement by Nathan A. Cooper and an essay by scholar Tamara Underiner.

Author : Lynn Davis,Deirdre Brooks,Jess Heinig
Publisher : White Wolf Games Studio
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1565044495

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Tradition Book by Lynn Davis,Deirdre Brooks,Jess Heinig Pdf

Reality is a lie invented by a technocratic enemy who has written history to it's liking. The truth is magic'ae the universe can be crafted with a simple working of your will. Mages have taught this truth throughout the ages, but the proponents of technology have crushed the mystic masters. Join the last stand in the war for reality. Mage: The Ascension places you in the midst of supernatural intrigues and inner struggles. The more secrets you learn, the more important your wisdom and power become. Mage drags spirituality and metaphysics screaming through the streets of a postmodern nightmare. Tradition Books contain vital character information for players and Storytellers.

Author : Neal H. Walls
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015066829154

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Cult Image and Divine Representation in the Ancient Near East by Neal H. Walls Pdf

While biblical prophets ridiculed the notion of humans fashioning an idol that they would then worship, ancient Near Eastern theologians developed a sophisticated religious system in which divine beings could be physically manifest within the material of a cultic image without being limited by that embodiment. The four essays in this compact volume examine the intriguing subject of cultic images and divine iconography in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia and Syria-Palestine. This interesting and eclectic group of essays explores the textual and artifactual evidence for the creation and veneration of divine images in the ancient Near East. The recent resurgence of scholarly interest in the study of divine representation in ancient Israel and the Near East makes this comprehensive reexamination especially timely.

Author : Patrick Potter
Publisher : Carpet Bombing Culture
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 095591213X

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42 X 12 by Patrick Potter Pdf

So Just who is the Fixie rider? It's the buzz question that a lot of people want to know right now. If we're to believe some, then the Fixie rider is a horribly spoilt late twenty something male of affluent background. He's never been required to grow up and spends all of his pocket money on cool toys and fads in a never ending effort to be trendy. Cynics would say that the Fixie rider is a myth in the process of being invented by those people who want to sell stuff to rich kids; ie the brands. Through contemporary observation and the collaboration of those on the inside from Taiwan to New York, Brick Lane to Tokyo, 42x12 gives a unique insight into whats going on at ground level.

Author : Andrew Calcutt,Richard Shephard
Publisher : Prion (GB)
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021307819

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Cult Fiction by Andrew Calcutt,Richard Shephard Pdf

What makes a novel cult?: drink and drugs; sex and rock 'n' roll?; a window on subcultures?; the ability to tap into the zeitgeist? This book provides an insight into the cult canon assessing 250 authors who have pioneered experiments in style and content, from Kathy Acker and Nelson Algren via Burroughs and Bukowski to Tom Wolfe and Irvine Welsh.

Author : Mark Grossman,Marc Grossman
Publisher : Mini Cult Recipes
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-07
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1922616974

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New York Cult Recipes (mini) by Mark Grossman,Marc Grossman Pdf

Take a bite of the Big Apple! 130 recipes that unlock the secrets of NYC's legendary dining scene, all in an irresistible gift format.

Author : James Curcio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1561841730

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Join My Cult! by James Curcio Pdf

Religions. Philosophies. Advertising campaigns. Gurus. Prozac. All of these drugs are sold as answers to our deepest questions: Why are we here? What truly has meaning? For a group of young adults desperately searching for meaning in the bleak McMansion sprawls of Suburban America, these questions are of the essence. When none of the accepted avenues of thought or behaviour make sense any longer, they wander into an unknown territory of magick, drug use, and shamanic exploration. Through satire and drama, "Join My Cult" takes you on an inward initiatory journey and a deeply hypnotic experience.

Author : Stacey Abbott
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781593762766

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The Cult TV Book by Stacey Abbott Pdf

As evidenced by the recent proliferation of fan conventions, television show boxed sets, and collectible character figurines, cult TV shows have arguably become the most vital and interesting programming on television. The once-marginal genre manifests itself in a remarkable variety of programs, from the suburban mob drama The Sopranos to the beloved occult fantasy Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The Cult TV Book is a guide to this phenomenon, complete with lively and diverse analyses of the work that goes into conceiving and marketing a cult series, as well as numerous investigations that explore the unique cult appeal of individual programs. Leading scholars, journalists, and writers consider the many aspects of a show — both script-based and visual — that attract the kind of uncompromisingly loyal fan bases that we know as “Trekkies,” for example, or, more recently, “Losties.” The Cult TV Book sheds light on the heretofore under-examined science of addictive TV programming, pinpointing the complex arcs and intentionally inadequate explanations that keep viewers coming back for more. The contributors cover every corner of the cult map, all the while trying to define the elusive genre, to understand the cult TV obsession from the outside in.