Science in the New Age: Paranormal, Its Defenders and Debunkers and American Culture (Science and Literature Series) - Tapa blanda

University Of Wisconsin Press

 
9780299138240: Science in the New Age: Paranormal, Its Defenders and Debunkers and American Culture (Science and Literature Series)

Sinopsis

Explores ideologies of the paranormal in the USA, from views put forward by parapsychologists and crystal healers, to skeptical debunkers. Adopting a cultural perspective, Hess studies how each group constructs its own boundaries of true and false knowledge.

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David J. Hess is associate professor of cultural anthropology in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is the author of Spiritists and Scientists and coeditor of Knowledge and Society Vol. 9: The Anthropology of Science and Technology.

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9780299138202: Science in the New Age: Paranormal, Its Defenders and Debunkers and American Culture (Science and Literature Series)

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ISBN 10:  0299138208 ISBN 13:  9780299138202
Editorial: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993
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