Duncan Tanner Essay Prize Winner 2020
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12238372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Morris (0000-0002-4788-4443, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 608-629 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Twentieth Century British History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0955-2359 • E-ISSN: 1477-4674 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/tcbh/hwab031 |
| PMID | 39478278 |
| OpenAlex | W3204550460 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Between 1899 and 1907, the medium Rosalie Thompson-giving voice to her dead daughter, Nelly-participated in a number of experimental seances with the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), which were formative in the development of the society's theories of telepathy, personality and survival. Using the extensive séance notes taken by the researchers, and the range of published materials related to the case, this article situates psychical research as an intimate practice; its scientific method relied on the production of intimate evidence by the medium, including the intimacy of touch; its leading proponents were neighbours, friends and relatives, who began communicating via Thompson once key members began to die from 1900. By keeping the focus on the life of Thompson herself, however, the article seeks to use the 'small history' of Mrs Thompson to tell a bigger and more complex story about intimacy in early twentieth-century Britain
Winner-take-all · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Computer Science · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |