| Description |
1 online resource (342 pages) : portraits |
| Series |
Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 0045-7183 ; 88 |
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Wellcome series in the history of medicine |
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Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 88.
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Wellcome series in the history of medicine.
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| Contents |
Cover; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Images; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Emergence of Psychical Research in Imperial Germany; 2 Hypnotism, Lay Medicine and Psychical Research at the Fin de Siècle; 3 In the Laboratory of the Geisterbaron: Experimental Parapsychology in Germany; 4 An Holistic Science: Philosophical Renewal and Official Response; 5 Parapsychology in the Courtroom: Occult Trials, Expertise and Authority during the Weimar Republic; 6 Parapsychology on the Couch: The Psychology of Occult Belief in Germany; Conclusion |
| Summary |
Leading the reader through the darkened séance rooms and laboratories of Imperial and inter-war Germany, The Stepchildren of Science casts light on the emergence of psychical research and parapsychology in the German context. It looks, in particula |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Schrenck-Notzing, Albert von. swd |
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BMBF-Statusseminar gnd |
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Parapsychology -- Germany -- History -- 19th century
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Parapsychology -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Parapsychology -- history
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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Occultism -- history
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Parapsychology -- General.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Reference.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Occultism.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Supernatural.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Mysticism.
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Parapsychology
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Parapsychologie
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Forschung
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| SUBJECT |
Germany |
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Germany
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Deutschland
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789042027299 |
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9042027290 |
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9789042027282 |
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9042027282 |
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1282882120 |
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9781282882126 |
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9786612882128 |
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6612882123 |
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