The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- A Note on Texts and Translations -- Introduction -- 1. Enchanted (Post) Modernity -- Part 1: God's Shadow -- 2. Revenge of the Magicians -- 3. The Myth of Absence -- 4. The Shadow of God -- 5. The Decline of Magic: J. G. Frazer -- 6. The Reviv...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, IL
University of Chicago Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Magic - History |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780226403229 |
| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- A Note on Texts and Translations -- Introduction -- 1. Enchanted (Post) Modernity -- Part 1: God's Shadow -- 2. Revenge of the Magicians -- 3. The Myth of Absence -- 4. The Shadow of God -- 5. The Decline of Magic: J. G. Frazer -- 6. The Revival of Magick: Aleister Crowley -- Part 2: The Horrors of Metaphysics -- 7. The Black Tide: Mysticism, Rationality, and the German Occult Revival -- 8. Dialectic of Darkness: The Magical Foundations of Critical Theory -- 9. The Ghosts of Metaphysics: Logical Positivism and Disenchantment -- 10. The World of Enchantment -- or, Max Weber at the End of History -- Conclusion: The Myth of Modernity -- Notes -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 022640353X |