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William James : psychical research and the challenge of modernity / Krister Dylan Knapp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knapp, Krister Dylan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- James, William, 1842-1910.
- James, William.
- Parapsychology--History--19th century.
- Parapsychology.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 385 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Krister Dylan Knapp provides [an] analytical and contextualized account of James's psychical research. Knapp argues that psychical research permeated James's life: while James always maintained a critical stance towards claims of paranormal phenomena, its study was central to his relationships familial and professional, shaped his unique intellectual disposition, and threaded together his life's intellectual trajectory"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A relish for the non-normal
- Moral heroes
- Out of the egg
- A human rat hole
- Dramatic possibilities
- Consciousness beyond the margin
- The unseen world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781469631240
- 1469631245
- OCLC:
- 953918883
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