TY  - BOOK
AU  - Knapp,Krister Dylan
TI  - William James: psychical research and the challenge of modernity 
SN  - 9781469631240 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - BF1028 .K53 2017
U1  - 150.92 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Chapel Hill
PB  - The University of North Carolina Press
KW  - James, William,
KW  - Parapsychology
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -