Magic and Modernity Interfaces of Revelation and Concealment

Meyer, Birgit (Editor)/ Pels, Peter (Editor)/ Meyer, Birgit

ISBN 10: 0804744637 / ISBN 13: 9780804744638

Published by Stanford Univ Pr, 2003

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1st edition. 400 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Magic and Modernity Interfaces of Revelation and Concealment
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804744637
• ISBN 13: 9780804744638
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

This is the first book to explore comparatively how magic-usually portrayed as the antithesis of the modern-is also at home in modernity.

About the Author

Birgit Meyer is a senior lecturer at the Research Centre for the Study of Religion and Society, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam. Peter Pels teaches at the Research Centre for the Study of Religion and Society and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the University of Amsterdam. He is also the editor of Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale.