Psychic Investigators : Anthropology, Modern Spiritualism, and Credible Witnessing in the Late Victorian Age.

"Psychic Investigators examines British anthropology's engagement with the modern spiritualist movement during the late Victorian era. Efram Sera-Shriar argues that debates over the existence of ghosts and psychical powers were at the center of anthropological discussions on human beliefs....

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Sera-Shriar, Efram (Awdur)
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2022.
Cyfres:Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3415002
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • When Victorian anthropology entered the séance room
  • Alfred Russel Wallace : the believer
  • Edward Burnett Tylor : the skeptic
  • Andrew Lang : the revisionist
  • Edward Clodd : the disbeliever
  • Legacies of late Victorian spirit investigations.