The Supernatural and Claims of Scientificity in Russian Popular Culture, 1875-1914
The Supernatural and Claims of Scientificity in Russian Popular Culture, 1875-1914
Author(s): Julia Mannherz
Subject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), Culture and social structure , 19th Century
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Russia; scientificity; occultism; supernatural; popular culture;
Summary/Abstract: Enthusiasm for science was widespread in the last decades of imperial Russia. So was the fascination with occultism, spirits of the departed and the supernatural in general. It was therefore not surprising that the sciences and the occult should meet in contested fields of scientific investigation and mystic experience.
Book: The Role of Magic in the Past. Learned and Popular Magic, Popular Beliefs and Diversity of Attitudes
- Page Range: 227-243
- Page Count: 17
- Publication Year: 2005
- Language: English
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