Making magic: religion, magic, and science in the modern world

Randall Styers seeks to account for the vitality of scholarly discourse purporting to define and explain magic despite its failure to do just that. He argues that it can best be explained in light of the European and Euro-American drive to establish and secure their own identity as normative

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1. VerfasserIn: Styers, Randall (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2004
In:Jahr: 2004
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Reflection and theory in the study of religion
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Magie / Religion
B Religionsphilosophie
weitere Schlagwörter:B Magic ; Social aspects
B Magic Religious aspects
B Magic
B Magic Social aspects
B Magic ; Religious aspects
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Parallele Ausgabe:Print version: 9780195151077
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Zusammenfassung:Randall Styers seeks to account for the vitality of scholarly discourse purporting to define and explain magic despite its failure to do just that. He argues that it can best be explained in light of the European and Euro-American drive to establish and secure their own identity as normative
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199835268
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/0195151070.001.0001