The problem of disenchantment : scientific naturalism and esoteric discourse, 1900-1939
8 Laboratories of Enchantment: Parapsychology in Search of a Paradigm9 Professionals Out of the Ordinary: How Parapsychology Became a University Discipline; Part 4 Esoteric Epistemologies; 10 Esoteric Epistemologies; 11 The Problems of a Gnostic Science: The Case of Theosophy's Occult Chemistry...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Boston : Brill,
2014
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Studies in the history of religions
volume 147 |
| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Studies in the history of religions |
| Schlagworte: | Religion Science Occultism REFERENCE ; Questions & Answers |
| Umfang: | Online Ressource |
| Zusammenfassung: | 8 Laboratories of Enchantment: Parapsychology in Search of a Paradigm9 Professionals Out of the Ordinary: How Parapsychology Became a University Discipline; Part 4 Esoteric Epistemologies; 10 Esoteric Epistemologies; 11 The Problems of a Gnostic Science: The Case of Theosophy's Occult Chemistry; 12 Perceiving Higher Worlds: Two Perspectives; Conclusion: Implications for the Study of Science, Religion, and Esotericism; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Subject. List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Limits of Reason; Part 1 From Process to Problem; 1 From Process to Problem; 2 Science as Worldview; Part 2 New Natural Theologies; 3 Brave New World: An Introduction to Part Two; 4 Physical Science in a Modern Mode; 5 The Meaning of Life: Mechanism and Purpose in the Sciences of Life and Mind; 6 Five Schools of Natural Theology: Reconciling Science and Religion; Part 3 Laboratories of Enchantment; 7 Against Agnosticism: Psychical Research and the Naturalisation of the Supernatural. The Problem of Disenchantment offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the intellectual history of science, religion, and "the occult" in the early 20th century |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record |
| Beschreibung: | Online Ressource |
| ISBN: | 1306976715 9781306976718 9789004254947 9004254943 9004251928 9789004251922 |