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The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs
A sociologist and participant-observer in UFO conventions and organizations produced the first sustained scholarly account of ufology as a social movement, mapping its persistent tension between seeking scientific legitimacy and functioning as a quasi-religious metaphysical community.
- Author
- Brenda Denzler
- Published
- 2001
- Library rank
- #65
Why it matters
The definitive sociological study of ufology as a community and belief movement rather than a set of individual cases.