Making magic : religion, magic, and science in the modern world / Randall Styers.
Material type:
TextSeries: Reflection and theory in the study of religionPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Description: vi, 290 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0195151070
- 9780195151077
- 0195169417
- 9780195169416
- 133.43 23
- BF1611 .S855 2004
Contents:
Summary: 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.
1. The emergence of magic in the modern world -- 2. Magic and the regulation of piety -- 3. Magic and the regulation of reason -- 4. Magic and the regulation of desire..
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 133.43 STY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A533704B |
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| 133.3337 TOO The illustrated encyclopedia of Feng Shui : the complete guide to the art and practice of Feng Shui / | 133.43 MAU A general theory of magic / | 133.43 SHA Instruments of darkness : witchcraft in England 1550-1750 / | 133.43 STY Making magic : religion, magic, and science in the modern world / | 133.4301 GLU The end of magic / | 133.43092 WIZ My life as a miracle / | 133.43094 BAR Witchcraze : a new history of the European witch hunts. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The emergence of magic in the modern world -- 2. Magic and the regulation of piety -- 3. Magic and the regulation of reason -- 4. Magic and the regulation of desire..
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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