Description
| Product ID: | 9780415253963 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Classics |
| Title: | A General Theory of Magic |
| Authors: | Author: Marcel Mauss |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy, Philosophy, Religion: general, Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems, Religion: general, Eclectic & esoteric religions & belief systems |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Offers a fascinating snapshot of magic throughout various cultures as well as deep sociological and religious insights still very much relevant today. 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 Lévi-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. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2001-05-18 |
