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new age

(20th century)

Semi-ethical, semi-religious theory of cultural renewal.

So called 'new-age theory' is not a coherent doctrine, but a mixture of cultural, ecological, pantheistic and communalist beliefs which from the 1980s, particularly in North American and Western Europe, were presented as an alternative to 'consumerist' values.

Also see: communalism

Source:
Monica Sjooo, New Age and Armageddon (London, 1992)

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