William James : psychical research and the challenge of modernity /
Krister Dylan Knapp.
- xiii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-374) and index.
A relish for the non-normal -- Moral heroes -- Out of the egg -- A human rat hole -- Dramatic possibilities -- Consciousness beyond the margin -- The unseen world.
"Krister Dylan Knapp provides [an] analytical and contextualized account of James's psychical research. Knapp argues that psychical research permeated James's life: while James always maintained a critical stance towards claims of paranormal phenomena, its study was central to his relationships familial and professional, shaped his unique intellectual disposition, and threaded together his life's intellectual trajectory"--