A General Theory of Magic

Offers a fascinating snapshot of magic throughout various cultures as well as deep sociological and religious insights still very much relevant today. 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 Lévi-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.

• | Author: Marcel Mauss
• | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• | Publication Date: May 18, 2001
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780415253963
• | ISBN-10: 0415253969