{"product_id":"9781845400439","title":"Sheldrake and His Critics: the Sense of Being Glared At","description":"\u003cp\u003eRupert Sheldrake outraged the scientific establishment in the early 1980s with his hypothesis of morphic resonance: his book \u003ci\u003eA New Science of Life\u003c\/i\u003e was denounced by the journal \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e as 'the best candidate for burning there has been for many years'. With his academic career torpedoed, Sheldrake has become the champion of 'the people's science'. Books such as \u003ci\u003eDogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of Being Stared At\u003c\/i\u003e have won him popular acclaim and academic opprobrium in equal measure. In this special issue of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Consciousness Studies\u003c\/i\u003e , Sheldrake summarizes his case for the 'non-visual detection of staring’. His claims are scrutinised by fourteen critics, to whose commentaries he then responds. In his editorial introduction, Revd. Anthony Freeman explores the concept of ‘heresy’ in science and in religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Imprint Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047562133744,"sku":"9781845400439","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781845400439_p0.jpg?v=1763744237","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781845400439","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}