Magic: a theory from the South

"This new translation of Sud e magia, his 1959 study of ceremonial magic and witchcrafts in southern Italy, shows how de Martino is not interested in the question of whether magic is rational or irrational but rather in why it came to be perceived as a problem of knowledge in the first place. S...

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Main Author: De Martino, Ernesto 1908-1965 (Author)
Contributors: Zinn, Dorothy Louise (Translator)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Chicago, Ill. HAU Books [2015]
In:Year: 2015
Series/Journal:HAU books
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Italy (Süd) / Magic / Popular belief
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
KBJ Italy
Further subjects:B Manners and customs
B Ceremonial Behavior
B Disease
B Social life and customs
B Magic
B Ethnology
B Basilicata
B History
B Magic (Italy, Southern)
B Basilicata (Italy)
B Italy, Southern
B Folklore
B Italy
B Folklore (Italy, Southern)
B Religion and Medicine
B Basilicata (Italy) Social life and customs
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