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In this road trip to various paranormal conventions in the United States, a historian of American religions reflects on the latent powers of the paranormal to fascinate, terrify, and unhinge its modern onlookers. From experiences in a Spiritualist camp, to participation in the American Society of Dowsers' annual convention and the Roswell UFO Festival, Haunted Ground is an entertaining and provocative tour through a deeply haunted nation.

Vilem Flusser was one of the most fascinating and original European thinkers of the late twentieth century. In this collection of his essays on emigration, nationalism, and information theory, he raises questions about the viability of ideas of national identity in a world whose borders are becoming increasingly arbitrary and permeable. Flusser argues that modern societies are in flux, with traditional linear and textual epistemologies being challenged by global circulatory networks and a growth in visual stimulation. Beyond globalization, Flusser's ideas about communication and identity are...