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Magical Thinking - History, Possibility and the Idea of the Occult (Hardcover, New)
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Magical Thinking - History, Possibility and the Idea of the Occult (Hardcover, New)
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Magic is usually defined as a non-modern phenomenon, contrasted
with modern rationalism and science. However, the idea of magic has
remained persistent in scholarly discourse throughout history from
the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment and beyond. This volume
explores how the notion of magic is articulated and theorised in
the writing of history. Departing from writing "about" magic in
history, this volume addresses magic as it relates to the
trajectories of intellectual history as a whole, with particular
reference to a diverse series of case studies in thought about
magic. The author also engages with the history and philosophy of
science; operating within this framework, the author argues that
magic has always been figured as "medieval" in the formulation of
the discourses of modernity, and that thinking or writing about
magic has engendered multiple epistemological crises. Through these
controversies, the idea of magic and the occult has profoundly
unsettled the understanding of history in Western culture. The
resulting study is an investigation of the implications of magic
(and the study of magic) for intellectual history.
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