Description
Knapp explains how and why James found in psychical research a way to rethink the well-trodden approaches to classic Euro-American religious thought, typified by the oppositional categories of natural vs. supernatural and normal vs. paranormal. He demonstrates how James eschewed these choices and instead developed a tertiary synthesis of them, an approach Knapp terms tertium quid, the third way. Situating James's psychical research in relation to the rise of experimental psychology and Protestantism's changing place in fin de siecle America, Knapp asserts that the third way illustrated a much broader trend in transatlantic thought as it struggled to navigate the uncertainties and religious adventurism of the modern age.
About the Author
Krister Dylan Knapp is senior lecturer in the department of history at Washington University in St. Louis.
Book Information
ISBN 9781469668758
Author Krister Dylan Knapp
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Weight(grams) 575g