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1、VarietiesofReligiousExperienceAStudyinHumanNatureCENTENARYEDITIONFirstpublishedin1902,TheVarietiesofReligiousExperienceinitiatedthepsycho-logicalstudyofreligion,pavingthewayforFreudandJungaswellasforclinicalandparanormalbranchesofpsychology.Writtenwithhumouranderu
2、dition,itstheoriesofconversion,saintliness,ecstasyandmysticismcontinuetoprovokecontroversyandenquiry.ThebookremainsthebestintroductiontoJames’sthought,demon-stratinghischaracteristicinsistenceupontheimportanceofpersonalexperienceandhisalmostdevotionalrespectforthe
3、mysteriesofthehumanmind.Richlyillustratedwithpersonalaccountsofbeliefandpossession,intoxicationandnear-deathexperi-ence,itisofcentralimportancenotsimplytoanunderstandingofreligions,buttomodernpsychologyandpsychiatricmedicine.TheRoutledgeCentenaryEdition,entirelyre
4、setfromtheoriginal1902edition,isprefacedwithaspeciallycommissionedforewordbytheauthor’sgrandson,MickyJames,andbynewintroductionsfromJamesspecialistsEugeneTaylorandJeremyCarrette.Italsoincludesanewexpandedindex.WilliamJames(1842–1910)physician,psychologist,andphilo
5、sopher,wasafounderofAmericanexperimentalpsychology,andpioneerinpsychicalresearch,experi-mentalpsychotherapeutics,andthepsychologyofreligion.HelaunchedC.S.Peirce’spragmatism,thefirstuniquelyAmericanphilosophytohaveinternationalconsequences.HisyoungerbrotherwasHenryJ
6、anees,thenovelist.EugeneTaylorisanExecutiveFacultymemberatSaybrookGraduateSchoolandResearchCentre,LectureronPsychiatryatHarvardMedicalSchool,andSeniorPsychologistonthePsychiatryServiceattheMassachusettsGeneralHospital.Hewasthe1983WilliamJamesLecturerontheVarieties
7、ofReligiousExperienceatHarvardDivinitySchool,andistheauthorofWilliamJamesonExceptionalMentalStates(Scribner’s,1982);theaward-winningWilliamJamesonConsciousnessBeyondtheMargin(Princeton,1996);andaco-editorofPureExperience:TheResponsetoWilliamJames(Thommes/Routledge
8、,1996).JeremyCarrettelectureswinreligiousstudiesattheUniversityofStirling,andhaswrittenextensivelyonthepsychologyofreligion.HeistheauthorofFoucaultandRe
