Extraordinary beliefs : a historical approach to a psychological problem /

Extraordinary beliefs : a historical approach to a psychological problem /

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Author / Creator:	Lamont, Peter.
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Parapsychology. Parapsychology -- history. Psychology -- history. Hypnosis -- history. Parapsychology. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11864334

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ISBN:	9781107314245 1107314240 9781139094320 1139094327 9781107308695 1107308690 9781107019331 1107019338 9781107688025 1107688027 9781299006270 1299006272
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Since the early nineteenth century, mesmerists, mediums and psychics have exhibited extraordinary phenomena. These have been demonstrated, reported and disputed by every modern generation. We continue to wonder why people believe in such things, while others wonder why they are dismissed so easily. Extraordinary Beliefs takes a historical approach to an ongoing psychological problem: why do people believe in extraordinary phenomena? It considers the phenomena that have been associated with mesmerism, spiritualism, psychical research and parapsychology. By drawing upon conjuring theory, frame analysis and discourse analysis, it examines how such phenomena have been made convincing in demonstration and report, and then disputed endlessly. It argues that we cannot understand extraordinary beliefs unless we properly consider the events in which people believe, and what people believe about them. And it shows how, in constructing and maintaining particular beliefs about particular phenomena, we have been in the business of constructing ourselves"--
Other form:	Print version: Lamont, Peter. Extraordinary beliefs. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107019331

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Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781107314245 1107314240 9781139094320 1139094327 9781107308695 1107308690 9781107019331 1107019338 9781107688025 1107688027 9781299006270 1299006272