The decline of magic : Britain in the Enlightenment /

A new history which overturns the received wisdom that science displaced magic in Enlightenment Britain In early modern Britain, belief in prophecies, omens, ghosts, apparitions and fairies was commonplace. Among both educated and ordinary people the absolute existence of a spiritual world was taken...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hunter, Michael, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Colección:Yale scholarship online.
Temas:
1600-1799
Skepticism > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Skepticism > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Occultism > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Occultism > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Spiritualism > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Spiritualism > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment > Great Britain.
Science and magic > History.
Faith and reason > History.
Scepticisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Scepticisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Occultisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Occultisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Spiritisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Spiritisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > Grande-Bretagne.
Sciences et magie > Histoire.
Foi et raison > Histoire.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain > General.
Skepticism.
Enlightenment.
Faith and reason.
Occultism.
Science and magic.
Spiritualism.
Great Britain.
History.
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  • Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ILLUSTRATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; introduction; Background; The Scientific Revolution and the Supernatural; 'Atheism' and its Significance; The Current Volume; chapter one JOHN WAGSTAFFE, WITCHCRAFT AND THE NATURE OF RESTORATION FREE-THOUGHT; John Wagstaffe's The Question of Witchcraft Debated (1669); Wagstaffe's Impact and Legacy; chapter two FROM THE DEISTS TO FRANCIS HUTCHINSON; The Deists and Magic; Free-thought and the Response to it; Francis Hutchinson and Changing Orthodoxy
  • Boyle and Second SightBoyle's Legacy; Second Sight Debunked; The Realm of the Imagination; conclusion THE 'DECLINE OF MAGIC' RECONSIDERED; appendix i THE 'DRUMMER OF TEDWORTH'; appendix ii JOSHUA WALKER'S PAPER ON SECOND SIGHT; ENDNOTES; INDEX
  • Chapter three THE AMBIVALENCE OF THE EARLY ROYAL SOCIETYSome Examples; The Society's 'Policy' and its Rationale; The Royal Society in Eighteenth- century Debates; The Making of a Myth; chapter four THE 'DRUMMER OF TEDWORTH'; John Mompesson and the Poltergeist; Early Reactions to the Case; Enter Joseph Glanvill; Glanvill versus the Wits; The Aftermath and the Problem of Fraud; chapter five THE ENLIGHTENMENT REJECTION OF MAGIC; John Beaumont and Sir Hans Sloane; Magic and the Doctors; Debates on the Miraculous; Scepticism and the Enlightenment; chapter six SECOND SIGHT IN SCOTLAND

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