Making magic: religion, magic, and science in the modern world

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Styers, Randall (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2004
In:Year: 2004
Series/Journal:Reflection and theory in the study of religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Magic / Religion
B Religious philosophy
Further subjects:B Magic ; Social aspects
B Magic Religious aspects
B Magic
B Magic Social aspects
B Magic ; Religious aspects
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP)
Parallel Edition:Print version: 9780195151077
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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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199835268
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/0195151070.001.0001