Magic
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Owen Davies
Series: Very short introductions -- 299; Very short introductions -- 299.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9780199588022
Subjects: Magic; Witchcraft
Description: A wide-ranging overview of how magic has been defined, understood and practiced over the millennia introduces it in today's world as a real force that helps people overcome misfortune, poverty and illness.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-130) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; 1. Anthropologies of magic; 2. Historical perspectives; 3. All in the mind?; 4. Writing magic; 5. Practising magic; 6. Magic and the modern world; Conclusion.