Title:
Magic : a very short introduction / Owen Davies
Author:
Davies, Owen, 1969-
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Call Number:
BF1621 .D38 2012
Abstract:
A wide-ranging overview of how magic has been defined, understood and practiced over the millennia introduces it in today's world as a real force that helps people overcome misfortune, poverty and illness.
ISBN:
9780199588022
Series:
Very short introductions ; 299
Very short introductions ; 299.
Physical Description:
135 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Introduction; 1. Anthropologies of magic; 2. Historical perspectives; 3. All in the mind?; 4. Writing magic; 5. Practising magic; 6. Magic and the modern world; Conclusion.
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