Investigating the Supernatural (ePub)
From Spiritism and Occultism to Psychical Research and Metapsychics in France, 1853-1931
(Sprache: Englisch)
"A convincing account of science's flirtation with the marginal and the marvelous" from the author of Conjuring Science (Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences).
Séances were wildly popular in France between 1850 and 1930, when members of the...
Séances were wildly popular in France between 1850 and 1930, when members of the...
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"A convincing account of science's flirtation with the marginal and the marvelous" from the author of Conjuring Science (Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences).
Séances were wildly popular in France between 1850 and 1930, when members of the general public and scholars alike turned to the wondrous as a means of understanding and explaining the world. Sofie Lachapelle explores how five distinct groups attempted to use and legitimize séances: spiritists, who tried to create a new "science" concerned with the spiritual realm and the afterlife; occultists, who hoped to connect ancient revelations with contemporary science; physicians, psychiatrists, and psychologists, who developed a pathology of supernatural experiences; psychical researchers, who drew on the unexplained experiences of the public to create a new field of research; and metapsychists, who attempted to develop a new science of yet-to-be understood natural forces.
An enlightening and entertaining narrative that includes colorful people like "Allan Kardec"-a pseudonymous former mathematics teacher from Lyon who wrote successful works on the science of the séance and what happened after death-Investigating the Supernaturalreveals the rich and vibrant diversity of unorthodox beliefs and practices that existed at the borders of the French scientific culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
"What is science?... In her engaging book, Sophie Lachapelle probes for an answer by looking at the liminal realm between science and superstition and the attempt to render the supernatural explicable in naturalistic terms." -Isis
"A welcome addition to the growing literature on spiritism, occultism and physical research in modern France." -French History
Séances were wildly popular in France between 1850 and 1930, when members of the general public and scholars alike turned to the wondrous as a means of understanding and explaining the world. Sofie Lachapelle explores how five distinct groups attempted to use and legitimize séances: spiritists, who tried to create a new "science" concerned with the spiritual realm and the afterlife; occultists, who hoped to connect ancient revelations with contemporary science; physicians, psychiatrists, and psychologists, who developed a pathology of supernatural experiences; psychical researchers, who drew on the unexplained experiences of the public to create a new field of research; and metapsychists, who attempted to develop a new science of yet-to-be understood natural forces.
An enlightening and entertaining narrative that includes colorful people like "Allan Kardec"-a pseudonymous former mathematics teacher from Lyon who wrote successful works on the science of the séance and what happened after death-Investigating the Supernaturalreveals the rich and vibrant diversity of unorthodox beliefs and practices that existed at the borders of the French scientific culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
"What is science?... In her engaging book, Sophie Lachapelle probes for an answer by looking at the liminal realm between science and superstition and the attempt to render the supernatural explicable in naturalistic terms." -Isis
"A welcome addition to the growing literature on spiritism, occultism and physical research in modern France." -French History
Autoren-Porträt von Sofie Lachapelle
Sofie Lachapelle is an associate professor of history at the University of Guelph.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Sofie Lachapelle
- Englisch
- Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISBN-10: 1421401177
- ISBN-13: 9781421401171
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