Magic in the modern world: strategies of repression and legitimization

Bad habits, or how superstition disappeared in the modern world / Randall Styers -- Descartes' dreams, the neuropsychology of disbelief, and the making of the modern self / Edward Bever -- Why magic cannot be falsified by experiments / Benedek Láng -- Witches as liars : witchcraft and civilizat...

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Contributors: Bever, Edward Watts Morton 1954- (Editor) ; Styers, Randall 1958- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: University Park, Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania State University Press [2017]
In:Year: 2017
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Series/Journal:The magic in history series
Magic in history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Magic / History 1500-2000
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Magic
B Magic History
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