Magic, science, religion / by Ira Livingston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livingston, Ira, 1956- author.

Series:

Experimental practices (Brill Rodopi (Firm)) ; Volume 2.

Experimental Practices : Technoscience, Literature, Art, Philosophy, 1873-8788 ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magic--Social aspects.

Magic.

Science and magic.

Magic--Religious aspects.

Religion and science.

Science--Social aspects.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill Rodopi, 2018.

Summary:

Magic Science Religion explores surprising intersections among the three meaning-making and world-making practices named in the title. Through colorful examples, the book reveals circuitous ways that social, cultural and natural systems connect, enabling real kinds of magic to operate. Among the many case studies are accounts of how an eighteenth-century actor gave his audience goosebumps; how painters, poets, and pool sharks use nonlinearity in working their magics; how the first vertebrates gained consciousness; how plants fine-tuned human color vision; and the necessarily magical element of activism that builds on the conviction that "another future is possible" while working to push self-fulfilling prophecy into political action.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Complex Systems in a Nutshell

Chapter 3: Magic by Example

Chapter 4: Future Perfect

Chapter 5: What is Religion?

Chapter 6: God 3.5B (A Nearsighted Evolutionary Panorama)

Chapter 7: Blake Magic

Back Matter

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-35807-2

OCLC:

1004260362

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004358072 DOI