General Theory of Magic Catalogue en ligne

Titre :	General Theory of Magic
Auteurs :	Marcel Mauss, Auteur ; Robert Brain, Traducteur
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Editeur :	London : Routledge, 2001
Collection :	Routledge classics
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-415-25396-3
Format :	183 p.
Langues:	Anglais
Langues originales:	Français
Index. décimale :	306 (Culture, institutions sociales et comportements culturels)
Mots-clés:	anthropologie : science ; magie ; société primitive
Résumé :	Index 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 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.