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Magic, science and society / Alex Dennis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dennis, Alex, author.
- Series:
- Routledge advances in sociology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magic--Anthropological aspects.
- Magic.
- Reason.
- Science--Social aspects.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Alex Dennis is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield, UK, where he also leads the BA Sociology programme. His research explores theories of rationality, ethnomethodology and conversational analysis, ethnographic methodologies, workplace and organisational studies, sociologies of knowledge, social interaction and social order perspectives. He is the author of Making Decisions about People: The Organisational Contingencies of Illness (Routledge, 2001), co-author of Perspectives in Sociology (Sixth Edition, Routledge, 2015) and co-editor of Human Agents and Social Structures (2010).
- Contents:
- Introduction 1. Understanding magic 2. The implications of magic 3. A social science? 4. The 'rationality debate' 5. Redefining rationality 6. Is that what you want 'cause that's what'll happen Conclusion: Opportunities lost
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed April 16, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9780429058684
- 0429058683
- 9780429597367
- 0429597363
- 9780429602887
- 042960288X
- 9780429608407
- 0429608403
- Publisher Number:
- 40032406769
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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