The Seybert Report

Rhetoric, Rationale, and the Problem of Psi Research
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-61511-0
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 267 g

This book is a rhetorical analysis of the "Seybert Report," based on the findings of the Seybert Commission formed in the nineteenth century at the University of Pennsylvania and tasked with investigating the paranormal phenomena alleged to arise in Spiritualist séances. The findings of the report are significant because they provide a historical benchmark for how “paranormal” research--or psi--has been addressed by academics for well over a century. Elizabeth Schleber Lowry examines academic discourse with respect to psi from such approaches as the rhetoric of science and scholarship in the history and philosophy of science.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schleber Lowry, Elizabeth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Parapsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Spiritualism and Scholarship

Chapter 3: Inside the Seybert Report

Chapter 4: Familiar Jugglery

Chapter 5: Boundaries and Legacies

Chapter 6: Spirit Eyes

Chapter 7: Other Worlds

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Elizabeth Schleber Lowry is a lecturer in Rhetoric and Composition at Arizona State University, USA. Her work has been published in The Rhetoric Review, Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism and in edited collections. She is the author of Invisible Hosts: Performing the Nineteenth Century Spirit Medium’s Autobiography, 2017.