The Demons of William James Religious Pragmatism Explores Unusual Mental States /

• Main Author: Ruetenik, Tadd (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Pragmatism.; Psychology and religion.; Religion and sociology.; Religion and Psychology.; Religion and Society.

This book is a psychological exploration of unusual minds, a religious exploration of demonological myth, and a philosophical exploration of the reaches of pragmatism. It uses topics such as hypnotism, mediumship, and mass possession to argue for a comprehensive understanding of the demonic that ack...

Table of Contents:

• 1. James Family Vastation
• 2. Pragmatism and Demonology: Circumscription of the Topic
• 3. Piper, Salem, and the Communal Demonic
• 4. Contemporary Mediums and the Return of William James
• 5. The Varieties of Demonic Experience: A Study in Quasi-Human Nature
• 6. Embraced by the Demon: The Perils of Immediate Experience
• 7. The "Cruel" Death of William James.