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  A General Theory of Magic (Routledge Classics (Paperback)) (Paperback) By (author) Marcel Mauss

  

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  Short Description for A General Theory of MagicOffers a fascinating snapshot of magic throughout various cultures as well as deep sociological and religious insights still very much relevant today.
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  • Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
  • Published: 18 May 2001
  • Format: Paperback 192 pages
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  • Categories: Anthropology | Magic, Spells & Alchemy | Magic, Alchemy & Hermetic Thought
  • ISBN 13: 9780415253963 ISBN 10: 0415253969
  • Sales rank: 147,730

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• First written by Marcel Mauss and Henri Humbert in 1902, A General Theory of Magic gained a wide new readership when republished by Mauss in 1950. As a study of magic in 'primitive' societies and its survival today in our thoughts and social actions, it represents what Claude Levi-Strauss called, in an introduction to that edition, the astonishing modernity of the mind of one of the century's greatest thinkers. The book offers a fascinating snapshot of magic throughout various cultures as well as deep sociological and religious insights still very much relevant today. At a period when art, magic and science appear to be crossing paths once again, A General Theory of Magic presents itself as a classic for our times.