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Religion and magic in western culture /

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dubuisson, Daniel, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2016.
Colección:Supplements to Method & theory in the study of religion.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Religion and Magic in Western Culture; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. A Universe Disfigured and Caricatured; 1.1 Marcel Mauss's Essay on Magic; 1.2 A Problematic Couple; 1.3 What are the Real Stakes?; 1.4 The Indispensable Adversary; 1.5 An Adversary Mute, Mutilated and Disfigured; 1.6 The Diabolisation and Criminalisation of Magic; 1.7 A Long, Violent History; 2. The Powers of Religion; 2.1 A Double Mirror Construction; 2.1.1 Religio, Religion, Religions; 2.1.2 What Constitutes "Religious"?; 2.1.3 Gods, Priests and Rituals; 2.1.4 What Elements?; 2.1.5 What Form? 
505 8 |a 2.1.6 What Boundaries?2.1.7 Paradoxes; 2.1.8 A Major Aporia; 2.1.9 The Non-religious Heritage of Religion; 2.2 The Great Convergence; 2.2.1 A Formidable Discursive Device; 2.2.2 An Incomparable Power; 2.2.3 An Instrument of Conquest -- and Considerable Stakes; 2.2.4 A Conquering, Dominating and Narcissistic Anthropology; 3. Magic without Religion; 3.1 If Religion Does Not Exist ... ; 3.2 A Universal Framework and Model; 3.2.1 A Curious Inventory; 3.2.2 A Sui Generis Force; 3.2.3 Catholic Magisms; 3.2.4 A Living Universe; 3.2.5 A Return to Mauss; 3.3 Lands of Misfortune; 3.3.1 Suffering and Worry. 
505 8 |a 3.3.2 Explain, Avoid and Heal3.3.3 Man's "Small Worlds"; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-197) and index. 
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