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Cartography of Ignorance: Mysticism, Psychiatry, Neuroscience

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What is mystical experience, and how is it studied? Where does religious experience end and psychiatric diagnosis begin? Can neuroscience explain meditation and prayer? Approaching the topic from the perspective of critical cultural studies, Pavel Nosachev challenges the generally accepted tools for studying religious experiences in this book. He offers the reader three comprehensive overviews: the history of the development of the scientific category "mysticism" from the Middle Ages to the present day; a panoramic view of the development of psychiatry from the late 18th century to the present day; and the development of neuroscience in the 20th and 21st centuries. By following these three "routes," the author clearly demonstrates that at the end of each, those seeking an unsatisfactory outcome awaits those seeking one. Why do all these methods of describing religious experience contain a systemic error, and what is it? Finding an answer to this question is the main goal of this book. Pavel Nosachev is a Doctor of Philosophy and Professor at the School of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.
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