The Trickster and the Paranormal - Couverture souple

Hansen, George P. P

 
9781401000820: The Trickster and the Paranormal
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1401000827 ISBN 13 : 9781401000820
Editeur : Xlibris US, 2001

Synopsis

Paranormal and supernatural events have been reported for millennia. They have fostered history’s most important cultural transformations (e.g., via the miracles of Moses, Jesus, Mohammed). Paranormal phenomena are frequently portrayed in the world’s greatest art and literature, as well as in popular TV shows and movies. Most adults in the U.S. believe in them. Yet they have a marginal place in modern culture. No university departments are devoted to studying psychic phenomena. In fact, a panoply of scientists now aggressively denounces them.

These facts present a deeply puzzling situation. But they become coherent after pondering the trickster figure, an archaic being found worldwide in mythology and folklore. The trickster governs paradox and the irrational, but his messages are concealed. This book draws upon theories of the trickster from anthropology, folklore, sociology, semiotics, and literary criticism. It examines psychic phenomena and UFOs and explains why they are so problematical for science.

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Biographie de l'auteur

George P. Hansen was employed in parapsychology laboratories for eight years-three at the Rhine Research Center in Durham, North Carolina, and five at Psychophysical Research Laboratories in Princeton, New Jersey. His research included remote viewing, psychokinesis on electronic random number generators, séance phenomena, and ghosts. His papers in professional journals also cover mathematical statistics, deception, skepticism, conjurors in parapsychology, and methodological criticisms. He is a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.

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Éditeur
Xlibris US
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1401000827
ISBN 13 
9781401000820
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
566
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781401000813: The Trickster and the Paranormal

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1401000819 ISBN 13 :  9781401000813
Editeur : Xlibris Corporation, 2001
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