{"product_id":"parascientific-revolutions-the-science-and-culture-of-the-paranormal-paperback-softback-9781517918897","title":"Parascientific Revolutions; The Science and Culture of the Paranormal (Paperback \/ softback) 9781517918897","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eParascientific Revolutions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Science and Culture of the Paranormal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDerek Lee (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517918897\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 7 black and white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"In these pages, Derek Lee engages the ‘pseudoscience’ moniker, that ultimate rhetorical insult, and seeks to replace it with a more accurate ‘parascience’ - a place where science and that which is other than science meet and express themselves in literally global pathways as distinct as pulp and science fiction, environmental thought, Asian and Indigenous ways of knowing, U.S. secret espionage, and ethnic fiction. Lee shows all of this with consummate skill and rigor, pushing us beyond our present impasses. This thing is not going away. This is a revolution.\" - Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Think Impossibly: About Souls, UFOs, Time, Belief, and Everything Else\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Derek Lee delves into the rich history of the paranormal to instigate a captivating discussion of its influence on literature and science into the twenty-first century through SF and ethnic fictions with the unproven concepts of parascience - precognition, telekinesis, clairvoyance, spectral communication, and telepathy. A classic in the making!\" - Isiah Lavender III, author of \u003ci\u003eAfrofuturism Rising: The Literary Prehistory of a Movement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnraveling the hidden influence of the paranormal on science, literature, and belief\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and telekinesis: these attributes of the paranormal mind are widely dismissed as nonsense, but what can an exploration of such pseudoscientific phenomena tell us about accepted scientific and cultural thought? In \u003ci\u003eParascientific Revolutions, \u003c\/i\u003eDerek Lee traces the evolution of psi epistemologies across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries to uncover how these ideas have migrated into scientific fields such as quantum physics and neurology, as well as diverse literary genres including science fiction, ethnic literature, and even government training manuals. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Lee introduces the groundbreaking concept of “parascience,” a dynamic cultural space where ideas rejected by the scientific establishment blend with alternative strains of literary, mythic, and philosophical thought to regenerate and return to mainstream discourse. From early modernist works by James Joyce to postwar speculative fiction by Philip K. Dick to ethnofuturist narratives by Ruth Ozeki, \u003ci\u003eParascientific Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how cultural and intellectual currents reshape paranormal ideas over time. Examining psychic surveillance programs like Project Stargate and bizarre particles of extrasensory perception such as the psitron, Lee illustrates the ways paranormal concepts persist and evolve to influence culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Presenting pseudoscience as an inevitable by-product of the scientific process, \u003ci\u003eParascientific Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e offers fresh insight into how the paranormal mind continually challenges our understanding of knowledge and belief. It invites readers to reconsider the boundaries between science and the unknown, revealing a world where speculative thought and empirical investigation are deeply intertwined. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRetail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and\/or extended descriptions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contents \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction: From Paradigms to Parascience \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1. Toward a (Meta)physics of Precognition: The Science and Aesthetics of the Psitron\u003cbr\u003e 2. Gaia, the Paranormal Planet\u003cbr\u003e 3. Remote Viewing: Ingo Swann, Project Stargate, and Weaponizing the Paranormal\u003cbr\u003e 4. On Ghosts and Ghost Vision: \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred Secret Senses, Comfort Woman,\u003c\/i\u003e and the Asian American Spirit Medium\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Multiverse and the Mind: The Alternative Chronologies of \u003ci\u003eAtomik Aztex\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Tale for the Time Being\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Structure of Parascientific Revolutions \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656059711768,"sku":"9781517918897","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/parascientific-revolutions-the-science-and-culture-of-the-paranormal-paperback-softback-9781517918897","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}