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The Indigo Child concept is a contemporary New Age redefinition of self. Indigo Children are described in their primary literature as a spiritually, psychically, and genetically advanced generation. Born from the early 1980s, the Indigo Children are thought to be here to usher in a new golden age by changing the world's current social paradigm. However, as they are paradigm busters , they also claim to find it difficult to fit into contemporary society. Indigo Children recount difficult childhoods and school years, and the concept has also been used by members of the community to reinterpret conditions such as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and autism. Cynics, however, can claim that the Indigo Child concept is an example of special snowflake syndrome, and parodies abound. This book is the fullest introduction to the Indigo Child concept to date. Employing both on- and offline ethnographic methods, Beth Singler objectively considers the place of the Indigo Children in contemporary debates around religious identity, self-creation, online participation, conspiracy theories, race and culture, and definitions of the New Age movement.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-139781472489630
eBay Product ID (ePID)237013684
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Indigo Children: New Age Experimentation with Self and Science
AuthorBeth Singler
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicAlternative Belief Systems, Sociology, Religious History, Anthropology
Publication Year2017
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages210 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height234mm
Item Width156mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorBeth Singler
Series TitleRoutledge New Religions
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom