Overview
Few people can claim the distinction of experiencing first-hand such occurrences as hauntings and the presence of poltergeists, but countless numbers of people are fascinated by these unexplainable events. Written by the world's most knowledgeable authorities in this field, the essays in this work promote a better understanding of the manifestations of and various reasons for hauntings and poltergeist phenomena. The experts come from such backgrounds as anthropology, history, philosophy, psychiatry, and sociology, and provide sober yet highly readable in-depth discussions of numerous ideas and rationalizations for hauntings and poltergeists, from a critical and scientific perspective. Divided into three major sections--sociocultural, physical and physiological, and psychological perspectives--this work provides an overview of each perspective and also addresses the general psychology of belief in the paranormal and how that belief relates to experiences with ghosts and poltergeists.
Full Product Details
Author: James Houran ,
Rense Lange
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Edition: illustrated Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 0.762kg
ISBN: 9780786432493
ISBN 10: 0786432497
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 06 September 2007
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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General
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
provides a multidisciplinary collection of articles...provocative.... All collections supporting study in this area of psychology --Choice; very important...essential and indispensable --Cuadernos de Parapsicologia; should be on the shelves of anyone with a serious interest in the topic of ghosts and poltergeists, whether the reader is a skeptic, agnostic or believer...fascinating...Editors Houran and Lange have done a good job in assembling the contributing authors into a coherent presentation of the field...a very valuable and extensive bibliography --Australian Journal of Parapsychology; fascinating...very good...a lot of very interesting and potentially useful information --Morbid Curiosity; this book presents a thoughtful, well-balanced investigation of a subject that should be of vital interest to all of us --The Journal of Parapsychology; meaty tome --Fortean Times; most interesting...readable and complete --Baywood Reprints; drawn together todays leading experts...required reading...an extremely useful update on the state of the science...excellent...important --Journal of Scientific Exploration; Sets a benchmark for the study of the supernatural in mind and culture...an admirable model to guide future scholarship of extranormal belief --Thomas E. Bullard, Indiana University; Destined to become a classic of parapsychological literature...highly recommended! --Harvey J. Irwin, University of New England (Australia).
-provides a multidisciplinary collection of articles...provocative.... All collections supporting study in this area of psychology---Choice; -very important...essential and indispensable---Cuadernos de Parapsicologia; -should be on the shelves of anyone with a serious interest in the topic of ghosts and poltergeists, whether the reader is a skeptic, agnostic or believer...fascinating...Editors Houran and Lange have done a good job in assembling the contributing authors into a coherent presentation of the field...a very valuable and extensive bibliography---Australian Journal of Parapsychology; -fascinating...very good...a lot of very interesting and potentially useful information---Morbid Curiosity; -this book presents a thoughtful, well-balanced investigation of a subject that should be of vital interest to all of us---The Journal of Parapsychology; -meaty tome---Fortean Times; -most interesting...readable and complete---Baywood Reprints; -drawn together todays leading experts...required reading...an extremely useful update on the state of the science...excellent...important---Journal of Scientific Exploration; -Sets a benchmark for the study of the supernatural in mind and culture...an admirable model to guide future scholarship of extranormal belief---Thomas E. Bullard, Indiana University; -Destined to become a classic of parapsychological literature...highly recommended!---Harvey J. Irwin, University of New England (Australia).
Author Information
James Houran is a former faculty member of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Dept. of Psychiatry) and is currently President of 2020Skills.com (TM) at HVS International—an online assessment business for human resource screening and selection. Rense Lange is a statistician with the Illinois State Board of Education and an adjunct faculty member of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Psychiatry Department).
