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The place of enchantment : British occultism and the culture of the modern /

"By the end of the nineteenth century, Victorians were seeking rational explanations for the world in which they lived. The radical ideas of Charles Darwin had shaken traditional religious beliefs. Sigmund Freud was developing his innovative models of the conscious and unconscious mind. And ant...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Owen, Alex, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, ©2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Culture and the occult at the fin de siècle
  • Magicians of the new dawn
  • Sexual politics
  • Modern enchantment and the consciousness of the self
  • Occult reality and the fictionalizing mind
  • Aleister Crowley in the desert
  • After Armageddon
  • Occultism and the ambiguities of the modern.