Magic, science, religion, and the scope of rationality by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
(
Book
)
22
editions published
between
1989
and
2009
in
English and Turkish
and held by
801
libraries
worldwide
Professor Tambiah is one of the leading anthropologists of the day, particularly known for his penetrating and scholarly studies of Buddhism. In this accessible and illuminating book he deals with the classical opposition of magic with science and religion. He reviews the great debates in classical Judaism, early Greek science, Renaissance philosophy, the Protestant Reformation, and the scientific revolution, and then reconsiders the three major interpretive approaches to magic in anthropology: the intellectualist and evolutionary theories of Tylor and Frazer, Malinowski's functionalism, and Lévy-Bruhl's philosophical anthropology, which posited a distinction between mystical and logical mentalities. He follows with a wide-ranging and suggestive discussion of rationality and relativism and concludes with a discussion of new thinking in the history and philosophy of science, suggesting fresh perspectives on the classical opposition between science and magic.
Leveling crowds : ethnonationalist conflicts and collective violence in South Asia by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
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Book
)
8
editions published
between
1996
and
1997
in
English
and held by
783
libraries
worldwide
Buddhism and the spirit cults in north-east Thailand by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
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Book
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17
editions published
between
1970
and
1985
in
English
and held by
688
libraries
worldwide
Bridewealth and dowry by Jack Goody
(
Book
)
11
editions published
between
1973
and
1975
in
English
and held by
667
libraries
worldwide
World conqueror and world renouncer : a study of Buddhism and polity in Thailand against a historical background by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
(
Book
)
9
editions published
between
1976
and
1977
in
English
and held by
610
libraries
worldwide
Sri Lanka : ethnic fratricide and the dismantling of democracy by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
(
Book
)
10
editions published
between
1986
and
1991
in
English
and held by
579
libraries
worldwide
Culture, thought, and social action : an anthropological perspective by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
(
Book
)
7
editions published
in
1985
in
English
and held by
490
libraries
worldwide
The Buddhist saints of the forest and the cult of amulets : a study in charisma, hagiography, sectarianism, and millennial Buddhism by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
(
Book
)
8
editions published
between
1984
and
1988
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
468
libraries
worldwide
Buddhism betrayed? : religion, politics, and violence in Sri Lanka by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
(
Book
)
6
editions published
in
1992
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
423
libraries
worldwide
Edmund Leach : an anthropological life by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
(
Book
)
7
editions published
between
2001
and
2002
in
English
and held by
311
libraries
worldwide
Trobriands OL06(
intg
)
in
English
and held by
66
libraries
worldwide
The Trobriand Islanders are indigenous people living on four islands in the northeastern part of Papua New Guinea in Milne Bay Province: Kiriwina, Kaileuna, Kitava, and Vakuta. There are 56 documents in this collection with two time foci, ca. 1915 when the islands, especially Kiriwina, were studied by Bronislaw Malinowski and ca. 1970-1990 when Kiriwina was studied by Annette Weiner. Data on the other islands and works by other authors are also included.
A performative approach to ritual by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
(
Book
)
5
editions published
between
1979
and
1981
in
English
and held by
62
libraries
worldwide
Continuity, integration and expanding horizons by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
(
Book
)
10
editions published
in
1997
in
English and Portuguese
and held by
14
libraries
worldwide
The structure of kinship and its relationship to land possession and residence in Pata Dumbara, central Ceylon by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
(
Book
)
2
editions published
between
1958
and
1970
in
English
and held by
11
libraries
worldwide
Kinship fact and fiction in relation to the Kandyan Sinhalese by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
(
Book
)
1
edition published
in
1965
in
English
and held by
10
libraries
worldwide
The Buddhist conception of universal king and its manifestations in South and Southeast Asia by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
(
Book
)
1
edition published
in
1987
in
English
and held by
8
libraries
worldwide
The process of secularization in three Ceylonese peasant communities by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
(
Book
)
2
editions published
in
1954
in
English
and held by
7
libraries
worldwide
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