The Language of Mediums and Psychics - Couverture rigide

Wooffitt, Robin

 
9780754642022: The Language of Mediums and Psychics
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 075464202X ISBN 13 : 9780754642022
Editeur : Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Every week thousands of people in Europe and the USA consult psychic practitioners. Communication is crucial to the performance of psychic powers in a range of settings. Psychic practitioners use language to demonstrate their powers, whether they are reporting the words of their spirit contacts or interpreting the spread of Tarot cards. Their clients also accept or reject this information through talk. This book presents the first sustained study of the verbal interaction between the various kinds of psychic practitioners and their clients. Using conversation analysis, Robin Wooffitt examines the structure of the interaction, focusing on the ways in which psychic practitioners and their clients establish the authenticity of the claimed paranormal powers. Adopting a neutral standpoint towards the status of the claims of psychic practitioners, the book raises important issues about the role of social science in understanding the activities of psychic practitioners and other kinds of parapsychological phenomena. This highly original study will appeal to students and scholars of discourse studies, and to sociologists interested in conversation analysis. It is written in a style accessible to non-specialists, and will also interest parapsychologists and social scientists studying psychic phenomena and the paranormal.

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À propos de l?auteur

Robin Wooffitt is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York, UK. He has authored and co-authored five other books. He has also published in Sociology, The British Journal of Social Psychology, Text, Discourse Studies, the Journal of Language and Social Psychology, The Journal of Parapsychology and The European Journal of Parapsychology.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
075464202X
ISBN 13 
9780754642022
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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