The myth of disenchantment: magic, modernity, and the birth of the human sciences

A great many theorists have argued that the defining feature of modernity is that people no longer believe in spirits, myths, or magic. Jason Ā. Josephson-Storm argues that as broad cultural history goes, this narrative is wrong, as attempts to suppress magic have failed more often than they have su...

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Main Author: Josephson-Storm, Jason Ānanda (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Chicago London The University of Chicago Press [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Europe / The Modern / Magic / Occultism / Human sciences / Demythologizing
Further subjects:B Science and magic
B Myth
B Magic
B Human sciences
B Science
B History
B Science Philosophy
B Philosophy, Modern
B Magic History
B Demythologizing
B The Modern
B RELIGION / Generals
B Occultism
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