The problem of disenchantment : scientific naturalism and esoteric discourse, 1900-1939 /

The problem of disenchantment : scientific naturalism and esoteric discourse, 1900-1939 /

The Problem of Disenchantment offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the intellectual history of science, religion, and "the occult" in the early 20th century. By developing a new approach to Max Weber's famous idea of a "disenchantment of the world", and d...

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Main Author: Asprem, Egil.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2014.

Series: Numen Book Series 147.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

Subjects:

Religion.
Science.
Occultism.

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Call Number: BF1999 .A69 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction: The Limits of Reason
  • 1 From Process to Problem
  • 2 Science as Worldview
  • 3 Brave New World: An Introduction to Part Two
  • 4 Physical Science in a Modern Mode
  • 5 The Meaning of Life: Mechanism and Purpose in the Sciences of Life and Mind
  • 6 Five Schools of Natural Theology: Reconciling Science and Religion
  • 7 Against Agnosticism: Psychical Research and the Naturalisation of the Supernatural
  • 8 Laboratories of Enchantment: Parapsychology in Search of a Paradigm
  • 9 Professionals Out of the Ordinary: How Parapsychology Became a University Discipline
  • 10 Esoteric Epistemologies
  • 11 The Problems of a Gnostic Science: The Case of Theosophy's Occult Chemistry
  • 12 Perceiving Higher Worlds: Two Perspectives
  • Conclusion: Implications for the Study of Science, Religion, and Esotericism
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects.