| Summary: | Religion and Magic in Western Culture -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. A Universe Disfigured and Caricatured -- 1.1 Marcel Mauss's Essay on Magic -- 1.2 A Problematic Couple -- 1.3 What are the Real Stakes? -- 1.4 The Indispensable Adversary -- 1.5 An Adversary Mute, Mutilated and Disfigured -- 1.6 The Diabolisation and Criminalisation of Magic -- 1.7 A Long, Violent History -- 2. The Powers of Religion -- 2.1 A Double Mirror Construction -- 2.1.1 Religio, Religion, Religions -- 2.1.2 What Constitutes "Religious"? -- 2.1.3 Gods, Priests and Rituals -- 2.1.4 What Elements? -- 2.1.5 What Form? -- 2.1.6 What Boundaries? -- 2.1.7 Paradoxes -- 2.1.8 A Major Aporia -- 2.1.9 The Non-religious Heritage of Religion -- 2.2 The Great Convergence -- 2.2.1 A Formidable Discursive Device -- 2.2.2 An Incomparable Power -- 2.2.3 An Instrument of Conquest - and Considerable Stakes -- 2.2.4 A Conquering, Dominating and Narcissistic Anthropology -- 3. Magic without Religion -- 3.1 If Religion Does Not Exist… -- 3.2 A Universal Framework and Model -- 3.2.1 A Curious Inventory -- 3.2.2 A Sui Generis Force -- 3.2.3 Catholic Magisms -- 3.2.4 A Living Universe -- 3.2.5 A Return to Mauss -- 3.3 Lands of Misfortune -- 3.3.1 Suffering and Worry -- 3.3.2 Explain, Avoid and Heal -- 3.3.3 Man's "Small Worlds" -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.
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