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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Robert S. CoxPublisher: University of Virginia Press Imprint: University of Virginia Press ISBN: 9780813940724ISBN 10: 0813940729 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 30 October 2017 Recommended Age: From 22 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsMuch of the strength of Body and Soul comes from its breadth of vision. It situates Spiritualist phenomena within wide social and intellectual frameworks; in particular, it makes a subtle case for the importance of sympathy as a social, moral, occult, and physiological construct that profoundly shapes the movement, its affinities and limits. The book is also strong in the details, many of which are startlingly revealing of the diverse political implications of Spiritualism. Much of the strength of Body and Soul comes from its breadth of vision. It situates Spiritualist phenomena within wide social and intellectual frameworks; in particular, it makes a subtle case for the importance of sympathy as a social, moral, occult, and physiological construct that profoundly shapes the movement, its affinities and limits. The book is also strong in the details, many of which are startlingly revealing of the diverse political implications of Spiritualism.--Leigh Eric SchmidtPrinceton University, author of Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment Much of the strength of Body and Soul comes from its breadth of vision. It situates Spiritualist phenomena within wide social and intellectual frameworks; in particular, it makes a subtle case for the importance of sympathy as a social, moral, occult, and physiological construct that profoundly shapes the movement, its affinities and limits. The book is also strong in the details, many of which are startlingly revealing of the diverse political implications of Spiritualism.--Leigh Eric SchmidtPrinceton University, author of Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment Author InformationRobert S. Cox is Curator of Manuscripts at the American Philosophical Society. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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