The American Historical Review
June 1, 2020
Claire D. Clark
2 citations
According to most histories, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a pharmaceutical whose therapeutic potential was dashed by controversies concerning countercultural drug use and covert government research. In contrast to familiar accounts of a rapid government crackdown on the drug, Matthew Oram’s The Trials of Psychedelic Therapy: LSD Psychotherapy in America describes the conclusion of...
The American Historical Review
May 30, 2018
H. Tinsman
Hippies don’t necessarily make good Marxists, and Marxists are certainly not always hippies. As Patrick Barr-Melej’s wonderfully lively and illuminating cultural history of Chile during the late 1960s and early 1970s makes clear, the ideals and aesthetics of the “Age of Aquarius” often collided with those of the “Age of Allende.” Psychedelic Chile: Youth, Counterculture, and Politics on the...
The American Historical Review
May 30, 2018
Christopher G. White
In the vast literature on William James, it is hard to find books that stand out, but Krister Dylan Knapp’s new contribution is carefully researched and revelatory, examining a less-studied side of James—namely, his work as a psychical researcher. Knapp uses a variety of primary sources to understand James’s lifelong preoccupation with psychical research and to contextualize it within tectonic...
The American Historical Review
December 1, 2017
Richard A. Bailey
Waking from a nightmare in a cold sweat, it seems, is neither the product only of bad horror movies of the 1980s nor even an entirely modern experience. In fact, dreams and the powers they hold over the women and men trying to make sense of their respective personal lives provide revealing glimpses into both the lives of those specific people and the worlds around them. Arguing in Dreams and...
The American Historical Review
June 1, 2009
Edward Shorter
32 citations
Journal Article Erika Dyck. Psychedelic Psychiatry: LSD from Clinic to Campus. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2008. Pp. xiii, 199. $35.00 Get access Erika Dyck. Psychedelic Psychiatry: LSD from Clinic to Campus. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2008. Pp. xiii, 199. $35.00. Edward Shorter Edward Shorter University of Toronto Search for other works by this author on: Oxford...
The American Historical Review
April 1, 1996
Karma Lochrie, Denise N. Baker
30 citations
The first woman known to have written in English, the fourteenth century mystic Julian of Norwich has inspired generations of Christians with her reflections on the motherhood of Jesus, and her assurance that, despite evil, all shall be well. In this book, Denise Baker reconsiders Julian not only as an eloquent and profound visionary but also as an evolving, sophisticated theologian of great...