A general theory of magic
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A general theory of magic
（Routledge classics）
Routledge, 2001, c1972
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Esquisse d'une théorie générale de la magie
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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"First published, in collaboration with Henri Hubert, in Anné sociologique, 1902. This translation is based on the edition published in Sociologie et anthropologie, 1950 ... English translation by Robert Brain, first published 1972 by Routledge and Kegan Paul"--T.p. verso
Includes index
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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.
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