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NicolasLanglitz. NEUROPSYCHEDELIA: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research since the Decade of the Brain. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012.

Erika Dyck

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences March 1, 2014 DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.21657 (opens in new tab)

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Key findings Langlitz's study examines neuropsychedelia, the psychedelic revival in the behavioral sciences, and the tension between modern science and spirituality.

Abstract

The modern science of spirituality is something of an oxymoron, but anthropologist Nicolas Langlitz tackles this concept in his study of neuropsychedelia, or the psychedelic revival in the behavioral sciences.