mike_field
Vital Football Legend
Joseph O. Baker, associate professor of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at East Tennessee State University, is the co-author of the 2011 book Paranormal America, an exploration of the belief in UFOs, ghosts, Bigfoot, and beyond. Here, Baker explains where our schema of aliens comes from.
http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/03/sociologist-joseph-o-baker-on-americas-alien-fixation.html
-------
An interesting read even if only from the historical angle - especially those who think 'aliens' replaced 'religion' as it was deemed unsuited for modern life and began declining.
http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/03/sociologist-joseph-o-baker-on-americas-alien-fixation.html
-------
An interesting read even if only from the historical angle - especially those who think 'aliens' replaced 'religion' as it was deemed unsuited for modern life and began declining.
