Hearing Things
Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment
by Leigh Eric Schmidt
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"Leigh Eric Schmidt conducts us through natural histories of the oracles, anatomies of the diseased ear, psychologies of the unsound mind, acoustic technologies (from speaking trumpets to talking machines), philosophical regimens for educating the senses, and rational recreations elaborated from natural magic, notably ventriloquism and speaking statues.
Hearing Things enters this labyrinth - all the new disciplines and pleasures of the modern ear - to explore the fate of Christian listening during the Enlightenment and its aftermath." "In Schmidt's analysis the reimagining of hearing was instrumental in constituting religion itself as an object of study and suspicion. The mystic's ear was hardly lost, but it was now marked deeply with imposture and illusion."--BOOK JACKET.
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Histoire des doctrines, Paroles intérieures, Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis), Piety, Aspect religieux, Hören, Histoire religieuse, Christianity, Religion, Religieuze ervaring, Church history, History of doctrines, Enlightenment, Piété, Auditorische hallucinaties, History, Listening, Christianisme, Religious aspects| Edition | Availability |
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Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment
2002, Harvard University Press
in English
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Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment
November 30, 2002, Harvard University Press
Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
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Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment
September 15, 2000, Harvard University Press
Hardcover
in English
0674003039 9780674003033
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