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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791739303321

Autore

Hayward Rhodri (Rhodri Lloyd)

Titolo

Resisting history [[electronic resource] ] : religious transcendence and the invention of the unconscious / / Rhodri Hayward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed by Palgrave, 2007

ISBN

1-84779-659-1

1-78170-077-X

1-84779-146-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

Encounters

Disciplina

200.1/9

Soggetti

Psychology and religion

Mysticism - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 The invention of the self; 2 The invention of the unconscious; 3 The soul governed; 4 The self triumphant; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

How can historians make sense of visions, hauntings and demonic possession? Do miraculous events have any place in a world governed by cause and effect? In Resisting history, Rhodri Hayward examines the cumulative attempts of theologians, historians and psychologists to create a consistent and rational narrative capable of containing the inexplicable. This lucid and provocative account argues that the psychological theories we routinely use to make sense of supernatural experience were born out of struggles between popular mystics and conservative authorities. Hayward's lively analysis of the