"These Are They": ET-Human Hybridization and the New Daemonology
This article examines how the myth of extraterrestrial (ET)-human hybridization reworks earlier traditions of superhumanhuman hybridity, how the ETs of current lore represent the morphological projection of the direction of human evolution, and how the myth of ET-human hybridization tracks current d...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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Nova religio
Year: 2010, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 84-105 |
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| Summary: | This article examines how the myth of extraterrestrial (ET)-human hybridization reworks earlier traditions of superhumanhuman hybridity, how the ETs of current lore represent the morphological projection of the direction of human evolution, and how the myth of ET-human hybridization tracks current developments in reproductive technology and increased understanding of reproductive processes. The myth of ET-human hybridization mediates the tension between individualism and collectivism (one of the most basic concepts of cultural psychology). Whereas the ETs of 1950s-style ET-contactee myth promised salvation from nuclear war, the ETs of the current hybridization myth need us as much as we need them. |
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| ISSN: | 1541-8480 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2010.14.2.84 |