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Magic's reason : an anthropology of analogy

Title
  1. Magic's reason : an anthropology of analogy / Graham M. Jones.
Published by
  1. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
  2. ©2017
Author
  1. Jones, Graham M.

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Description
  1. x, 208 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  1. Tylor, Edward Burnett, 1832-1917
  2. Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugène, 1805-1871
  3. Magic > Social aspects
  4. Sozialanthropologie
  5. Ethnologie
  6. Wissenschaftsgeschichte Fach
  7. Kolonialismus
  8. Orientalismus Kulturwissenschaften
  9. Illusionismus
  10. Magie
  11. Zauberkunst
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. JFE 18-1791
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Jones, Graham M., author.
Title
  1. Magic's reason : an anthropology of analogy / Graham M. Jones.
Publisher
  1. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Copyright date
  1. ©2017
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN
  1. 2017015013
ISBN
  1. 9780226518688 paperback ; alkaline paper
  2. 022651868X paperback ; alkaline paper
  3. 9780226518541 hardcover ; alkaline paper
  4. 022651854X hardcover ; alkaline paper
Research call number
  1. JFE 18-1791
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