Science in the New Age: The Paranormal, its Defenders and the Debunkers, and American Culture.
by Hess, David J
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- ISBN 10
- 0299138240
- ISBN 13
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About This Item
Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, top edge faintly foxed, bottom edge little rubbed, minor edgewear & spinewear. 243 pp. (This copy: Paperback edition, ISBN 0299138240.) David Hess, an American cultural anthropology academic, explores ideologies of the paranormal in the United States. He offers a comparative map of the labyrinth of views put forward by parapsychologists, skeptical debunkers, spirit channelers and crystal healers, Hollywood poltergeist scripts, and prophets of the New Age.
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- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10768
- Title
- Science in the New Age: The Paranormal, its Defenders and the Debunkers, and American Culture.
- Author
- Hess, David J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0299138240
- ISBN 13
- 9780299138240
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Place of Publication
- Madison, WI
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- science, scientific, parapsychology, minority religions, esoteric, new age, philosophy, skeptics, skepticism, criticism, society, united states
- Bookseller catalogs
- PARAPSYCHOLOGY;
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