Hypnosis Between Science and Magic, 9781350501416
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Magic’s lost value versus science: a philosophical and political reckoning.

Hypnosis Between Science and Magic

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    176 pages

  • Release Date

    22 January 2025

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Summary

Hypnosis Between Science and Magic: Reclaiming the Enchantment of Knowledge

What if judgment returned to the craft of magic? How would that relieve the burdens of critique and realign its priorities? These questions regarding the value of magic to thinking are at the very heart of the acclaimed philosopher of science Isabelle Stengers’ political and philosophical thought and her insistence that ‘the smoke of the burned witches still hangs in our nostrils’.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781350501416
ISBN-10:1350501417
Series:Lines
Author:Isabelle Stengers, April A. Knutson
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Bloomsbury Academic
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:22 January 2025
Weight:280g
Dimensions:232mm x 156mm x 10mm
About The Author

Isabelle Stengers

Isabelle Stengers is Professor of Philosophy at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium. Trained both as a chemist and philosopher, Isabelle Stengers has authored or coauthored more than 25 books and 200 articles on the philosophy of science.

April Knutson has a PhD in French and is part-time lecturer in the Masters of Liberal Studies Program at the University of Minnesota, USA. She translated Women Who Make a Fuss, the Unfaithful Daughters of Virginia Woolf by Isabelle Stengers and Vinciane Despret (2014).

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