The problem of disenchantment : scientific naturalism and esoteric discourse, 1900-1939 / by Egil Asprem.

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Asprem, Egil [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in the history of religions ; 147.Publisher: Boston : Brill, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789004254947
9004254943
1306976715
9781306976718

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Problem of disenchantmentDDC classification:

001.9 23

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BF1999

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Contents:

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.

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.

Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

English.

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