Article ID: CBB298956221

Physiology of the Haunted Mind: Naturalistic Theories of Apparitions in Early Nineteenth-Century Scotland (2020)

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The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries saw a resurgence of interest in the supernatural in Scotland as elsewhere in the United Kingdom. A number of intellectual figures responded by proposing naturalistic explanations for supernatural phenomena, drawing on the legacy of Scottish Enlightenment philosophy. These included the geologist and antiquarian Samuel Hibbert and the phrenologist George Combe. This paper explores the interrelations between these theories, their roots in the troubled cultural politics of Scotland in the early nineteenth century, and the reaction of different protagonists in the cultural conflicts of the period to their ideas.

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Authors & Contributors
Nicoletta Brazzelli
Carlo Paghetti
Daniel Chirot
Edmondson, Hattie Lloyd
Goodall, Jane
Young, Francis
Concepts
Science and culture
Science and politics
Travel; exploration
Supernatural
Scientific expeditions
Museums
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
17th century
Modern
21st century
Places
France
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Europe
Arctic regions
New Guinea
Institutions
Rossiiskaia Akademiia Nauk
Royal Institution of Great Britain
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