Psychic Investigators: Anthropology, Modern Spiritualism, and Credible Witnessing in the Late Victorian Age

by Efram Sera-Shriar

Psychic Investigators examines British anthropology's engagement with the modern spiritualist movement during the late Victorian era. Efram Sera-Shriar argues that debates over the existence of ghosts and psychical powers were at the center of anthropological discussions on human beliefs. He focuses on the importance of establishing credible witnesses of spirit and psychic phenomena in the writings of anthropologists such as Alfred Russel Wallace,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822947072
• ISBN13: 9780822947073
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"