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Religion and magic in western culture / by Daniel Dubuisson ; translated by Martha Cunningham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dubuisson, Daniel, 1950- author.
- Series:
- Supplements to Method & theory in the study of religion ; Volume 6.
- Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 2214-3270 ; Volume 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magic--Religious aspects.
- Magic.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the history of Western culture, theology, and science, a strict dichotomy exists between religion and magic: religion as the intellectually and morally superior one – magic as the primitive, superstitious, demonic other. The present work aims to break with this tradition, and traces the origin of this dichotomy as well as its many purposes. Whose powers does it serve? Which interests and ideological stakes does it conceal? Moreover, the author proposes a new epistemological framework for the study of magisms as well as their “rehumanisation”, and argues for a rehabilitation of their studies.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- A Universe Disfigured and Caricatured
- The Powers of Religion
- Magic without Religion
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-31756-2
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004317567 DOI
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