The Seybert Report

Rhetoric, Rationale, and the Problem of Psi Research
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-87097-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 168 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

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Spiritualism and Scholarship.- 3. Inside the Seybert Report.- 4. Familiar Jugglery.- 5. Boundaries and Legacies.- 6. Spirit Eyes.- 7. Other Worlds.- 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.