William James, sciences of the mind, and anti-imperial discourse /Bernadette M. Baker, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Baker, Bernadette M., 1968-
William James, sciences of the mind, and anti-imperial discourse /Bernadette M. Baker, University of Wisconsin-Madison. - New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xii, 423 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prologue -- Between the child's mind and the ghost : scientific objects and the contours of colonial authority -- Mind over matter? Psychology of associationism, tactic of education, and anthropology of native informant/s -- Exceptional (mental?) states : conscious/unconscious and self-regulation of the democratic citizen -- Richard Hodgson calling : spirit-return, biopower, and the mystical -- Rationality : always-already?
Offers an innovative approach to rethinking sciences of mind at the turn of the twenty-first century via the texts of philosopher and psychologist William James.
9781107416659 9781139208765 9781107419292
James, William, 1842-1910 --Criticism and interpretation.
Religion and science.
Parapsychology.
Imperialism.
Electronic Books.
B945 / .W555 2013
William James, sciences of the mind, and anti-imperial discourse /Bernadette M. Baker, University of Wisconsin-Madison. - New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xii, 423 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prologue -- Between the child's mind and the ghost : scientific objects and the contours of colonial authority -- Mind over matter? Psychology of associationism, tactic of education, and anthropology of native informant/s -- Exceptional (mental?) states : conscious/unconscious and self-regulation of the democratic citizen -- Richard Hodgson calling : spirit-return, biopower, and the mystical -- Rationality : always-already?
Offers an innovative approach to rethinking sciences of mind at the turn of the twenty-first century via the texts of philosopher and psychologist William James.
9781107416659 9781139208765 9781107419292
James, William, 1842-1910 --Criticism and interpretation.
Religion and science.
Parapsychology.
Imperialism.
Electronic Books.
B945 / .W555 2013