Magic's reason : an anthropology of analogy

Magic's reason : an anthropology of analogy / Graham M. Jones.

"In Magic's Reason, Graham M. Jones tells the entwined stories of anthropology and entertainment magic. The two areas are not as separate as they may at first seem. As Jones shows, the endeavors not only matured around the same time, but they also shared stances towards modernity and ratio...

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Main Author: Jones, Graham M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Magic > Social aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: dangerous doubles
  • The war on miracles
  • Disanalogy
  • Conjuring equivalences
  • Counteranalogy
  • An anthropologist among the spirits
  • The magic of analogy
  • Meta-analogy, or, once more with meaning
  • Conclusion: regimes of enchantment.

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