GENERAL THEORY OF MAGIC by Mauss, Marcel ISBN 0415253969

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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 Levi-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.

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[edit] Title

GENERAL THEORY OF MAGIC

[edit] Author

Mauss, Marcel

[edit] ISBN

0415253969

[edit] Published

18/05/2001

[edit] Publisher

Routledge

[edit] Binding

paperback

[edit] Retail Price

8.99 (GBP)

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8.54 (GBP)

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