Magical Consciousness: An Anthropological and Neurobiological Approach

by Erik D. Goodwyn, Susan Greenwood, Susan Greenwood

Book Overview

How does a mind think magically? The research documented in this book is one answer that allows the disciplines of anthropology and neurobiology to come together to reveal a largely hidden dynamic of magic. Magic gets to the very heart of some theoretical and methodological difficulties encountered in the social and natural sciences, especially to do with issues of rationality. This book examines magic head-on, not through its instrumental aspects...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138850365
• ISBN13: 9781138850361
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"