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001 2016032974
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008 160718s2017 ncua b s001 0 eng
010 _a 2016032974
020 _a9781469631240 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _z9781469631257 (ebook)
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_beng
_erda
_cNcU
_dDLC
_dMvI
050 0 0 _aBF1028
_b.K53 2017
082 0 0 _a150.92
_223
100 1 _aKnapp, Krister Dylan,
245 1 0 _aWilliam James :
_bpsychical research and the challenge of modernity /
_cKrister Dylan Knapp.
264 1 _aChapel Hill :
_bThe University of North Carolina Press,
_c[2017]
300 _axiii, 385 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 355-374) and index.
505 0 _aA relish for the non-normal -- Moral heroes -- Out of the egg -- A human rat hole -- Dramatic possibilities -- Consciousness beyond the margin -- The unseen world.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aJames, William,
_d1842-1910.
650 0 _aParapsychology
_xHistory
_y19th century.
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949 _aBF1028 .K53 2017
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