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The Meanings of Magic - From the Bible to Buffalo Bill (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
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The Meanings of Magic - From the Bible to Buffalo Bill (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Series: Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections
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The notion of "magic" is a current popular culture phenomenon.
Harry Potter, the Lord of the Rings, the commercial glamour of the
footballer and the pop idol surround us with their charisma,
enchantment, and charm. But magic also exerts a terrifying
political hold upon us: bin Laden's alleged March 28 e-mail message
spoke of the attacks on America in form of "crushing its towers,
disgracing its arrogance, undoing its magic." The nine scholars
included in this volume consider the cultural power of magic, from
early Christianity and the ancient Mediterranean to the curious
film career of Buffalo Bill, focusing on topics such as Surrealism,
France in the classical age, alchemy, and American fundamentalism,
ranging from popular to elite magic, from theory to practice, from
demonology to exoticism, from the magic of memory to the magic of
the stage. As these essays show, magic defines the limit of both
science and religion but as such remains indefinable.
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