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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Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2004
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In: | Jahr: 2004 |
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift: | Reflection and theory in the study of religion
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normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Magie
/ Religion
B Religionsphilosophie |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Magic
Religious aspects
B Magic B Magic Social aspects |
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Parallele Ausgabe: | Nicht-Elektronisch
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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. |
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ISBN: | 0199835268 |
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/0195151070.001.0001 |