Anthropology of Magic

Name: Anthropology of Magic
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ISBN: 9781845206710

ISBN-10: 1845206711

ISBN-13: 9781845206710

Edition: 2009

Authors: Susan Greenwood

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Magic is arguably the least understood subject in anthropology today. Exotic and fascinating, it offers us a glimpse into another world but it also threatens to undermine the foundations of anthropology due to its supposed irrational and non-scientific nature. Magic has thus often been 'explained away' by social or psychological reduction. the Anthropology of Magic redresses the balance and brings magic, as an aspect of consciousness, into focus through the use of classic texts and cutting-edge research. Suitable for student and scholar alike, the Anthropology of Magic updates a classical anthropological debate concerning the nature of human experience. A key theme is that human beings…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 11/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 172
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.37" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction



Explaining Magic



Mystical Mentality



Participation: A Key to Understanding Magic



Magical Connections and Associations



The Experience of Magic



Magical Consciousness



A Mythological Language of Magic



Practical Magic



Webs of Beliefs



Magic in Everyday Life



Working with Magic



The Nature of Reality



ï¿½Not Only, but Alsoï¿½: A New Attitude toward Science


Index