03202nam 22006252 450 991046259270332120151005020621.01-107-30140-81-107-23552-91-107-25548-11-107-30649-31-139-09432-71-107-31204-31-299-00627-21-107-31424-01-107-30869-0(CKB)2670000000327062(EBL)1113063(OCoLC)825767594(SSID)ssj0000819763(PQKBManifestationID)11411527(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819763(PQKBWorkID)10857052(PQKB)10689705(UkCbUP)CR9781139094320(MiAaPQ)EBC1113063(Au-PeEL)EBL1113063(CaPaEBR)ebr10649590(CaONFJC)MIL431877(EXLCZ)99267000000032706220110601d2013|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierExtraordinary beliefs a historical approach to a psychological problem /Peter Lamont[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2013.1 online resource (xi, 321 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-68802-7 1-107-01933-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. The making of the extraordinary; 3. The making of mesmeric phenomena; 4. The making of spiritualist phenomena; 5. The making of psychic phenomena; 6. The making of paranormal phenomena; 7. The making of extraordinary beliefs.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.ParapsychologyParapsychology.130Lamont Peter1036215UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910462592703321Extraordinary beliefs2456428UNINA