Religion and Magic in Western Culture

Religion and Magic in Western Culture
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9789004317567
ISBN-13 : 9004317562
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Book Synopsis Religion and Magic in Western Culture by : Daniel Dubuisson

Download or read book Religion and Magic in Western Culture written by Daniel Dubuisson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the history of Western culture, theology, and science, a strict dichotomy exists between religion and magic: religion as the intellectually and morally superior one – magic as the primitive, superstitious, demonic other. The present work aims to break with this tradition, and traces the origin of this dichotomy as well as its many purposes. Whose powers does it serve? Which interests and ideological stakes does it conceal? Moreover, the author proposes a new epistemological framework for the study of magisms as well as their “rehumanisation”, and argues for a rehabilitation of their studies.


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