Marcel Mauss

A General Theory of Magic

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 L vi-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 as deep sociological and religious insights still very much relevant today. At a period when art, magic and science appear to be crossing paths once again, A General Theory of Magic presents itself as a classic for our times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780415255509
• ISBN-10: 0415255503
• Artikelnr.: 21961869

Autorenporträt

Marcel Mauss (1872 - 1950) French anthropologist and sociologist, author of The Gift, and, with Emile Durkheim, Primitive Classification.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Dr D. F. Pocock
Prologue
1 Sources and Historical Background
2 A Definition of Magic
3 The Elements of Magic
1 The Magician
2 The Actions
3 Representations
4 General Observations
4 An Analysis and Explanation of Magic
1 Belief
2 An Analysis of Ideological Explanations Concerning the Effectiveness of Ritual
3 Mana
4 Collective States and Collective Forces
5 Conclusion
Index