Parapsychology
in France after May 1968: a history of the GERP
Abstract
The Group for the Study and Research of
Parapsychology was originally composed of psychology undergraduates who, in the
context of the period after May 1968, tried to bring into the curriculum a
course of parapsychology at the University of Paris X Nanterre. Their failure
transformed the group into an association of young researchers with much
solidarity, criticizing the foreign models and developing a theory-oriented
parapsychological cross-disciplinary research in the 1970s and 80s. The works
of François Favre and Pierre Janin, two influential members of the GERP, are
reviewed as examples. A short presentation is
offered for some of their theories. The GERP although dormant has not been
dissolved, thus this history reveals a recent but underestimated period of
French parapsychology and the lineaments of an original research to be
deepened.
Key-words
History of French Parapsychology; Groupe
d'Etudes et de Recherches en Parapsychologie; May 1968 ; Theoretical
Parapsychology; Sociology of Science; Fantastic Realism.
Evrard, R. (2010). Parapsychology
in France after May 1968: a history of the GERP. Journal of Scientific
Exploration, 24(2), 283-294.
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