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Resisting history : religious transcendence and the invention of the unconscious / Rhodri Hayward.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayward, Rhodri (Rhodri Lloyd), author.
- Series:
- Encounters (Manchester University Press)
- Encounters
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Self--Historiography.
- Self.
- Supernatural--Historiography.
- Supernatural.
- Subconsciousness--Historiography.
- Subconsciousness.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 147 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How can historians make sense of visions, hauntings and demonic possession? Do miraculous events have any place in a world governed by cause and effect? Rhodri Hayward examines the cumulative attempts of theologians, historians and psychologists to create a consistent and rational narrative capable of containing the inexplicable.
- Contents:
- Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 The invention of the self; 2 The invention of the unconscious; 3 The soul governed; 4 The self triumphant; Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 27, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781847796592
- 1847796591
- 9781781700778
- 178170077X
- 9781847791467
- 1847791468
- OCLC:
- 818847281
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