Modern Occultism in Late Imperial Russia |
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| Author:
| Mannherz, Julia |
| Series title: | NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87580-462-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2012 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Imprint: | Northern Illinois University Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $54.95 |
Book Description:
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Modern Occultism in Late Imperial Russia traces the history of occult thought and practice from its origins in private salons to its popularity in turn-of-the-century mass culture. In lucid prose, Julia Mannherz examines the ferocious public debates of the 1870s on higher dimensional mathematics and the workings of séance phenomena...
Modern Occultism in Late Imperial Russia traces the history of occult thought and practice from its origins in private salons to its popularity in turn-of-the-century mass culture. In lucid prose, Julia Mannherz examines the ferocious public debates of the 1870s on higher dimensional mathematics and the workings of séance phenomena...