ISBN: 9780199249626

The Invention of Telepathy explores one of the enduring concepts to emerge from the late nineteenth century. Telepathy was coined by Frederic Myers in 1882. He defined it as ''the communi… Mehr…

The Invention of Telepathy explores one of the enduring concepts to emerge from the late nineteenth century. Telepathy was coined by Frederic Myers in 1882. He defined it as ''the communication of any kind from one mind to another, independently of the recognised channels of sense''. By 1901 ithad become a disputed phenomenon amongst physical scientists yet was the ''royal road'' to the unconscious mind. Telepathy was discussed by eminent men and women of the day, including Sigmund Freud, Thomas Huxley, Henry and William James, Mary Kingsley, Andrew Lang, Vernon Lee, W. T. Stead, and OscarWilde. Did telepathy signal evolutionary advance or possible decline? Could it be a means of binding the Empire closer together, or was it used by natives to subvert imperial communications? Were women more sensitive than men, and if so why? Roger Luckhurst investigates these questions in anexciting and accessible study that mixes history of science with cultural history and literary analysis. | The Invention of Telepathy by Roger Luckhurst Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Literary Criticism > Criticism & Theory P10102, Roger Luckhurst<

ISBN: 9780199249626

The belief in telepathy is still widely held and yet it remains much disputed by scientists. Roger Luckhurst explores the origins of the term in the late nineteenth century. Telepathy mix… Mehr…

The belief in telepathy is still widely held and yet it remains much disputed by scientists. Roger Luckhurst explores the origins of the term in the late nineteenth century. Telepathy mixed physical and mental sciences, new technologies and old superstitions, and it fascinated many famous people in the late Victorian era: Sigmund Freud, Thomas Huxley, Henry James, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde. This is an exciting and accessible study, written for general readers as much as scholars and students. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Classics>Lit Studies>Lit Theory & Criticism, Oxford University Press Core >2 >T<

2002, ISBN: 9780199249626

OUP Oxford, Hardcover, Auflage: Illustrated, 336 Seiten, Publiziert: 2002-06-13T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780199249626, 0.57 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2642846, Books Global… Mehr…

OUP Oxford, Hardcover, Auflage: Illustrated, 336 Seiten, Publiziert: 2002-06-13T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780199249626, 0.57 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2642846, Books Global Store, Special Features, Books, Psychology & Psychiatry, Health, Family & Lifestyle, Subjects, Wales, Great Britain, Europe, History, Parapsychology, Mind, Body & Spirit, History & Criticism, Poetry, Drama & Criticism, Reference, ESP, Occult, New Age, Religion & Spirituality, History of Science, History & Philosophy, Science, Nature & Maths, Popular Science, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Format: Illustrated, OUP Oxford, 2002<

2002, ISBN: 9780199249626

OUP Oxford, Hardcover, Auflage: Illustrated, 336 Seiten, Publiziert: 2002-06-13T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780199249626, 0.57 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2642846, Books Global… Mehr…

OUP Oxford, Hardcover, Auflage: Illustrated, 336 Seiten, Publiziert: 2002-06-13T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780199249626, 0.57 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2642846, Books Global Store, Special Features, Books, Psychology & Psychiatry, Health, Family & Lifestyle, Subjects, Wales, Great Britain, Europe, History, Parapsychology, Mind, Body & Spirit, History & Criticism, Poetry, Drama & Criticism, Reference, ESP, Occult, New Age, Religion & Spirituality, History of Science, History & Philosophy, Science, Nature & Maths, Popular Science, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Format: Illustrated, OUP Oxford, 2002<