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005			20240726105343.0
008			120123s2009 cau o 000 0 eng d
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020			_a9780520943421 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
050	0	4	_aBF449 _b.O397 2009
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aSmelser, Neil J. _e1
245	1	0	_aThe Odyssey Experience _bPhysical, Social, Psychological, and Spiritual Journeys. _c
260			_aCA : _bUniversity of California Press, _c(c)2009.
300			_a1 online resource (287 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
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505	0	0	_aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. The Essentials of the Experience; 2. Autobiographical Roots: Some Personal Odysseys; 3. Religious Foundations and Their Derivatives; 4. Secularized and Commercialized Odysseys; 5. Some Miscellaneous, More or Less Invented Experiences; 6. Some Coercive Odyssey Experiences; 7. Additional Theoretical Reflections; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.
520	0		_aThis bold and innovative book traces the phenomenon of the "odyssey" experience as it shapes, informs, and defines our lives. Drawing on an astonishing range of examples, Neil J. Smelser focuses on how such experiences enhance our lives and provide us with meaning and dignity. The odyssey experience, as Smelser advances it, is generic, widespread, and recurring. It is a finite period of disengagement from the routines of life and immersion into a simpler, transitory, often collective, usually intense period of involvement that culminates in some kind of regeneration. By examining a variety of.
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650		4	_aInsight.
650		4	_aIntrospection.
650		4	_aLife change events.
650		4	_aPilgrims and pilgrimages.
650		4	_aVision quests.
650		4	_aVoyages and travels.
650		4	_aPsychology.
650		0	_aInsight.
650		0	_aIntrospection.
650		0	_aLife change events.
650		0	_aVision quests.
650		0	_aPilgrims and pilgrimages.
650		0	_aVoyages and travels.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=547376&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell