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A General Theory of Magic

Paperback • 2001 • English

A General Theory of Magic

By Marcel Mauss

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About the book

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 a...Show more

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ISBN

9780415253963

Publisher

Routledge

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

A General Theory of Magic

Format

Paperback

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