William James : psychical research and the challenge of modernity / Krister Dylan Knapp.

By:

Knapp, Krister Dylan

Publisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]Description: xiii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781469631240 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

150.92 23

LOC classification:

BF1028 .K53 2017

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.

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.

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Book	NMC Library	Stacks	BF1028 .K53 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001425247

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-374) and index.

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.

"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.