The Anthropology of Magic

by Susan Greenwood and Susan Greenwood

Book Overview

Magic is arguably the least understood subject in anthropology today. Exotic and fascinating, it offers us a glimpse into another world but it also threatens to undermine the foundations of anthropology due to its supposed irrational and non-scientific nature. Magic has thus often been 'explained away' by social or psychological reduction. The Anthropology of Magic redresses the balance and brings magic, as an aspect of consciousness, into focus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845206711
• ISBN13: 9781845206710
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"