LEADER 04593nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910458800703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-88212-0 010 $a9786612882128 010 $a90-420-2729-0 024 7 $a10.1163/9789042027299 035 $a(CKB)2670000000016400 035 $a(EBL)605314 035 $a(OCoLC)560062821 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000343253 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12089519 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343253 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10289896 035 $a(PQKB)11406613 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC605314 035 $a(OCoLC)495272397 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789042027299 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL605314 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10425269 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL288212 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000016400 100 $a20100723d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe stepchildren of science$b[electronic resource] $epsychical research and parapsychology in Germany, c. 1870-1939 /$fHeather Wolffram 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aNew York $cRodopi$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (341 p.) 225 1 $aClio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands),$x0045-7183 ;$v88 225 1 $aWellcome series in the history of medicine 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-420-2728-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tPreliminary material /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tList of Images /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tList of Abbreviations /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tGlossary /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tAcknowledgements /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tIntroduction /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tThe Emergence of Psychical Research in Imperial Germany /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tHypnotism, Lay Medicine and Psychical Research at the Fin de Siècle /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tIn the Laboratory of the Geisterbaron: Experimental Parapsychology in Germany /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tAn Holistic Science: Philosophical Renewal and Official Response /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tParapsychology in the Courtroom: Occult Trials, Expertise and Authority during the Weimar Republic /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tParapsychology on the Couch: The Psychology of Occult Belief in Germany /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tConclusion /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tBibliography /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science -- $tIndex /$rEditors The Stepchildren of Science. 330 $aLeading the reader through the darkened séance rooms and laboratories of Imperial and inter-war Germany, The Stepchildren of Science casts light on the emergence of psychical research and parapsychology in the German context. It looks, in particular, at the role of the psychiatrist Albert von Schrenck-Notzing - a figure who fashioned himself as both propagandist and Grand Seignior of German parapsychology - in shaping these nascent disciplines. In contrast to other recent studies in which occultism is seen as a means of dealing with or creating ?the modern?, this book considers the epistemological, cultural and social issues that arose from psychical researchers? and parapsychologists? claims to scientific legitimacy. Focusing on the boundary disputes between these researchers and the spiritualists, occultists, psychologists and scientists with whom they competed for authority over the paranormal, The Stepchildren of Science demonstrates that in the German context both proponents and opponents alike understood psychical research and parapsychology as border sciences. 410 0$aClio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ;$v88. 410 0$aWellcome series in the history of medicine. 606 $aParapsychology$zGermany$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aParapsychology$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aParapsychologie$2swd 606 $aForschung$2swd 607 $aDeutschland$2swd 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aParapsychology$xHistory 615 0$aParapsychology$xHistory 615 07$aParapsychologie. 615 07$aForschung. 676 $a133.0943 700 $aWolffram$b Heather$0766185 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458800703321 996 $aThe stepchildren of science$92101740 997 $aUNINA