Spettri della rivoluzione: Pratiche spiritiche, mutamenti sociali e inquietudini psicologiche tra la fine dell'Ottocento e l'inizio del Novecento
The paper explores the role played by some spirit circles and journals in Italy during the second half of the 19th century. Spirit conjuring and seeing ghosts gave form to scares caused by rapid social change, in particular in the middle class. The participants of a séance projected their own distre...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Morcelliana
[2019]
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Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2019, Volume: 85, Issue: 2, Pages: 736-750 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Italy
/ Social movement
/ Riot
/ Middle class
/ Spiritism
/ Irrationality
/ Psychology
/ Instability
/ Internationality
/ History 1850-1920
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| IxTheo Classification: | AZ New religious movements CB Christian life; spirituality KBJ Italy ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Social Change
B social revolutions B Spirits B irrazionalismo B rivoluzione sociale B Scienza B Science B Social revolution B Spiritualism B Ghosts B Apparitions B Irrationalism B psicologia sociale B Social Psychology B Spiritismo |
| Summary: | The paper explores the role played by some spirit circles and journals in Italy during the second half of the 19th century. Spirit conjuring and seeing ghosts gave form to scares caused by rapid social change, in particular in the middle class. The participants of a séance projected their own distress on apparitions representing fears of social revolution and hope of peace as a gift from spirits. Psychical research was an answer to uncertainties caused by scientific revolution, also in Italy: science shook traditional and religious worldviews, but also showed the existence of invisible phenomena. Identities crisis caused by modern society increased a collective psychological revolution that made doubtful boundaries between thought, mind, and conscience. The paper inquires discussions and global networks of spiritualists, and addresses the issue of irrational in modern societies. |
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| ISSN: | 2611-8742 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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