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Magic: A Problem in Semantics in American Anthropologist Volume 72 Number 6
by Dorothy Hammond
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1349-1356 pages with cited references. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Volume 72, number 6 complete issue. First edition.
Anthropologists, from Tylor to the present, have so defined magic that, although it might shade into or overlap with religion, it is a separate phenomenon distinct from religion. Theorists have made different features the chief means of differentiation, but no matter how defined the distinction cannot be easily or consistently maintained. This paper suggests that the concept of magic as a distinct entity is the factitious result of ethnocentric classification, and that magic should be included within religion as one type of the practices of which religious ritual is composed.
Condition: Spine and edges sunned, light edge wear, corners bumped, rubbed and creased else very good.
Anthropologists, from Tylor to the present, have so defined magic that, although it might shade into or overlap with religion, it is a separate phenomenon distinct from religion. Theorists have made different features the chief means of differentiation, but no matter how defined the distinction cannot be easily or consistently maintained. This paper suggests that the concept of magic as a distinct entity is the factitious result of ethnocentric classification, and that magic should be included within religion as one type of the practices of which religious ritual is composed.
Condition: Spine and edges sunned, light edge wear, corners bumped, rubbed and creased else very good.
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- Title
- Magic: A Problem in Semantics in American Anthropologist Volume 72 Number 6
- Author
- Dorothy Hammond
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- American Anthropological Association
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 1349-1356 pages with cited references.
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Anthropology;
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