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A General Theory of Magic (Routledge Classics) Book

Paperback. Pub Date :2001-05-18 Pages: 192 Language: English Publisher: Routledge 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 Lvi-Strauss called. in an introduction to that edition. the astonishing modernity of the mind of one of the centurys 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.Read More

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  • Foyles

    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.

  • ASDA

    Offers a fascinating snapshot of magic throughout various cultures as well as deep sociological and religious insights still very much relevant today.

  • 0415253969
  • 9780415253963
  • Marcel Mauss
  • 18 May 2001
  • Routledge
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 192
  • 2
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