The trickster and the paranormal / George P. Hansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hansen, George P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parapsychology.

Physical Description:

564 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia, PA] : The Author, [2001]

Contents:

2. An Overview of Tricksters From Mythology, Folklore, and Elsewhere 35

3. Ernest Hartmann's Mental Boundaries 48

4. Victor Turner's Concept of Anti-structure 52

5. Mysticism, Holy Madness, and Fools for God 75

6. Shamanism and Its Sham 86

7. Michael Winkelman on Magico-religious Practitioners 97

8. Max Weber, Charisma, and the Disenchantment of the World 102

9. Cultural Change and the Paranormal 110

10. Prominent "Psychics" 119

11. Conjurors and the Paranormal 130

12. CSICOP and the Debunkers 148

13. Small Groups and the Paranormal 162

14. Alternative Religions and Psi 171

15. Institutions and the Paranormal 178

16. Anti-structure and the History of Psychical Research 191

17. Unbounded Conditions 210

18. Government Disinformation 219

19. Hoaxes and the Paranormal 247

20. Reflexivity and the Trickster 277

21. Laboratory Research on Psi 309

22. Totemism and the Primitive Mind 344

23. Literary Criticism, Meaning, and the Trickster 368

24. The Imagination 395

25. Paranoia 413.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [481]-533) and index.

ISBN:

1401000819

1401000827

OCLC:

48677432