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Magic, Science and Religion: and Other Essays Hardcover – September 9, 2021
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- Print length284 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHassell Street Press
- Publication dateSeptember 9, 2021
- Dimensions6.14 x 0.69 x 9.21 inches
- ISBN-101013763092
- ISBN-13978-1013763090
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- Publisher : Hassell Street Press (September 9, 2021)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 284 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1013763092
- ISBN-13 : 978-1013763090
- Item Weight : 1.27 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.14 x 0.69 x 9.21 inches
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2019This book describes the author's personal observations plus he reviews other anthropologists observations on magic, religion, and science among people having no significant contacts with western civilization. The book uses language almost 100 years old. For example he calls those people - savages. Currently we call those islanders - indigenous people or aborigines. Truth is that many people living in Europe and America have similar attitudes toward magic, religion, and science as those islanders.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2010The service was prompt, the book was in excellent shape. I would definitely order here again. All in all, very pleased with this transaction!
Michael W. Young's biography (2004)of Bronislaw Malinowski, with the Malinowski family's blessing and support, documents the anthropologist's personal and professional journey through life. Young's writing style positions, with a seemingly intended purpose, the reader in a distant, objective armchair pose while detailing the aspects of Malinowski's life. Considering the access Young had,the biography appears well-researched, and was fascinating to explore.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2011A very good book, but not for everyone. If you are looking for light reading for a Sunday afternoon, then look elsewhere. This book is almost academic. One of the best when comes to studying the correlation between magic science and religion.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2016If you are ordering this book, I suspect you already know it is a classic. I teach it to 22 year old students of art and design, and they are as appalled as they are excited by it. In short: it's a highly compelling read when contextualized. Loaded with points of departure for further thinking, especially if you are interested in functionalism.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2015This book can be incredibly boring because its written with a antiquated, prosaic tone. Malinowski's theories can at times seem transparent and naïve, but this is what you would expect from a collection of essays written roughly 50 years ago. Notwithstanding, If you're a patient reader and push through this work you will cull some very thought provoking knowledge from it.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2014The book contains valuable information, I'm just personally not a fan of Bronislaw Malinowski's approach to writing and explaining his experiences and content.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2013Malinowski was a contemporary of Margaret Mead, but worked with a diff3ent set of Pacific Islanders. He discovered that the lines between the three fields were fluid and often overlapped. None of the three fields is black and white, there is a lot of gray at the borders. This is one of the most interesting books I've read. I highly recommend it.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2019Served its purpose
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- Andrew ThorneReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2015
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Will come in handy for my studies