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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Marcel Mauss; Robert Brain; David Francis Pocock |
| ISBN: | 0415255503 9780415255509 0415253969 9780415253963 9780203996140 0203996143 |
| OCLC Number: | 46651064 |
| Language Note: | Translated from the French. |
| Notes: | Originally published: London : Routledge and K. Paul, 1972. |
| Description: | vi, 183 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Sources and Historical Background --- 2. A Definition of Magic --- 3. The Elements of Magic --- 4. An Analysis and Explanation of Magic --- Conclusion. |
| Series Title: | Routledge classics. |
| Responsibility: | Marcel Mauss ; translated by Robert Brain with a foreword by D.F. Pocock. |
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Abstract:
"First written by Marcel Mauss and Henri Humbert in 1902, A General Theory of Magic gained a wide new readership when republished by Mauss in 1950. As a study of magic in 'primitive' societies and its survival today in our thoughts and social actions, it represents what Claude Le;vi-Strauss called, in an introduction to that edition, the astonishing modernity of the mind of one of the century's greatest thinkers. The book offers a fascinating snapshot of magic throughout various cultures as well as deep sociological and religious insights still very much relevant today. At a period when art, magic and science appear to be crossing paths once again, A General Theory of Magic presents itself as a classic for our times." -- Back cover.
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