1993, ISBN: 9780485114058

London : Athlone, 1993. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-c… Mehr…

London : Athlone, 1993. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Copy is not price-clipped.; 8vo 8 - 9 tall; 330 pages; Physical description. : xiv, 330 p. 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographic footnotes and indexes. Contents: Prologue - Renaissance magic, science and scepticism, the resurgence of the occult; the mesmeric era; spiritualism; psychical research - first fruits; the expansion of psychical research; the Rhine Revolution; recent developments - experimental parapsychology, modern survival research, philosophical perspectives. Summary: A history-of-ideas account of the retreat of magical thinking in Europe before the rise of the modern scientific world-view; and of the challenge to this view presented by the physical researchers of the 19th century, who employed scientific methods and criteria. The focus of the book is upon the continuing challenge from their 20 century successors, the parapsychologists. Within this, the relationships between parapsychology and modern physics and modern philosophy are examined. Beloff's other publications include Psychological Sciences (1973) and, as editor, New Directions in Parapsychology (1974). Subject: Parapsychology - History.., London : Athlone, 1993, 5<

1993, ISBN: 0485114054

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2000, ISBN: 9780485114058

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: First Edition, 336 Seiten, Publiziert: 2000-12-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Psychologie & Hilfe, Ratgeber, … Mehr…

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: First Edition, 336 Seiten, Publiziert: 2000-12-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Psychologie & Hilfe, Ratgeber, Kategorien, Bücher, Parawissenschaft, Übersinnliches & Okkultismus, Esoterik, Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2000<

ISBN: 9780485114058

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Bloomsbury Publishin… Mehr…

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2.5<