The odyssey experience
Subtitle: journeys physical, social, psychological, and spiritual
By: Neil J. Smelser.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520075986; 9780520075993
Subjects: Insight; Introspection; Life change events; Vision quests; Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Voyages and travels
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The essentials of the experience; title: Autobiographical roots : some personal Odysseys; title: Religious foundations and their derivatives; title: Secularized and commercialized Odysseys; title: Some miscellaneous, more or less invented experiences; title: Some coercive Odyssey experiences; title: Additional theoretical reflections.