Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays

Bronislaw Malinowski

ISBN 10: 1773237365 / ISBN 13: 9781773237367

Verlag: Dead Authors Society, 2022

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Inhaltsangabe:

Malinowski is one of the most important and influential anthropologists of all time. He is particularly renowned for his ability to combine the reality of human experience, with the cold calculations of science. This is an important collection of his most famous essays, "Magic, Science and Religion" provides its reader with a series of concepts concerning religion, magic, science, rite and myth. This is undertaken in an attempt to form a definite impression and understanding of the Trobrianders of New Guinea. The chapters of this book include: "Magic, Science and Religion", "Primitive Man and his Religion", "Rational Mastery by Man of his Surroundings", "Faith and Cult", "The Creative Acts of Religion", "Providence in Primitive Life", "Man's Selective Interest in Nature", etcetera.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays
Verlag: Dead Authors Society
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket