Hypnosis Between Science and Magic

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Isabelle Stengers (Free University of Brussels, Belgium) April A. Knutson (University of Minnesota, USA)

Hypnosis Between Science and Magic

Isabelle Stengers (Free University of Brussels, Belgium), April A. Knutson (University of Minnesota, USA)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
23 January 2025

Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy of mind; Social & political philosophy; Philosophy of science

Series: Lines

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’.

Now, in the first English translation of this classic text, Hypnosis Between Science and Magic provides an entry point to the work of Isabelle Stengers, who has so originally and forcefully shifted how we think about the history of ideas. The book focuses in on an area of her thought that has recurred throughout her career: the presumed antagonism between magic and science, and especially the evacuation of magic from all that is thought to be scientifically valid.

By: Isabelle Stengers (Free University of Brussels Belgium)
Translated by: April A. Knutson (University of Minnesota USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9781350501416
ISBN 10: 1350501417
Series: Lines
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 23 January 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Wounds 2. A History that Stutters 3. Lessons from History 4. Freud’s Coup 5. It’s Only an Artefact? 6. Thinking Therapeutic Techniques Notes

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).