Psychedelic Prophets - The Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond

Letters between the men who coined the term "psychedelic" and opened doors to a different way of thinking about human consciousness.

Info autore

Cynthia Carson Bisbee is a psychologist who worked with Humphry Osmond at Bryce Hospital in Alabama for over two decades. Paul Bisbee worked for the Alabama Department of Mental Health for thirty-five years, first at Bryce Hospital, where he met and worked with Humphry Osmond. Erika Dyck is a professor in the Department of History and a Canada Research Chair in Medical History at the University of Saskatchewan. Patrick Farrell is a philosophy instructor and editor based in Toronto. James Sexton is a contributing editor of the Aldous Huxley Annual, who has published numerous articles on Huxley, as well as ten book-length editions of his work. James W. Spisak is the executive director of the Aldous and Laura Huxley Literary Trust.

Riassunto

Letters between the men who coined the term "psychedelic" and opened doors to a different way of thinking about human consciousness.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Cynthia Bisbee (Editore), Cynthia Carson Bisbee (Editore), Paul Bisbee (Editore), Erika Dyck (Editore), Patrick Farrell (Editore)
• Editore: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780773555068
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-5506-8
• Pagine: 728
• Dimensioni: 243 mm x 186 mm x 55 mm
• Peso: 1354 g
• Illustrazioni: 10 b&w images
• Serie: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medi; McGill-Queen's/Associated Medi; McGill-Queen's Associated Medi; McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Servic; McGill-Queen's/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society; McGill-Queen’s/Associated Medical Servic
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Branche cliniche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese