Magic : A Very Short Introduction
Owen. Davies
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | : : Oxford University Press, , 2011.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (153 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of illustrations""; ""Introduction: initial observations""; ""1 Anthropologies of magic""; ""2 Historical perspectives""; ""3 All in the mind?""; ""4 Writing magic""; ""5 Practising magic""; ""6 Magic and the modern world""; ""Final thoughts""; ""References""; ""Further reading""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z"". - Defining 'magic' is a maddening task. Over the last century numerous philosophers, anthropologists, historians, and theologians have attempted to pin down its essential meaning, sometimes analysing it in such complex and abstruse depth that it all but loses its sense altogether. For this reason, many people often shy away from providing a detailed definition, assuming it is generally understood as the human control of supernatural forces. 'Magic' continues to pervade the popular imagination and idiom. People feel comfortable with its contemporary multiple meanings, unaware of the controversy,
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| ISBN | 9780199588022
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