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anthropology
Author_Susan Greenwood
Azande Beliefs
Azande Magic
Azande Witchcraft
belief systems study
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Category=JHMC
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Chaos Magick
Civilized Societies
consciousness research
Contagious Magic
cultural symbolism
Daur Mongol
epistemology anthropology
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ethnographic theory
Goddess Freyja
Homeopathic Magic
Laudable Pus
Logical Thinking
Magical Analogy
magical consciousness
Magical Healing
magical thinking in social science
Midwife Toad
Multimodal Framework
Mystical Mentality
mythology
Nile Congo Divide
Poison Oracle
Pole Star
ritual practice analysis
shamanism
Snake's Vertebrae
Snake’s Vertebrae
Sympathetic Magic
Weapon Salve
Wild Hunt
witchcraft
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781845206710
- Weight: 320g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 everywhere have the potential for magical consciousness. Taking a new approach to some perennial topics in anthropology - such as shamanism, mythology, witchcraft and healing - the book raises crucial theoretical and methodological issues to provide the reader with an engaging and critical understanding of the dynamics of magic.Join the live discussion on Facebook!
Susan Greenwood is Visiting Senior Research Fellow, University of Sussex
