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Black Magic, White Magic & the Theory of Magic

Defining Magic

A Reader

by Bernd-Christian Otto & Michael Stausberg · Bernd-Christian Otto & Michael Stausberg (eds.)

An anthology of key texts on the concept of magic, from ancient Greek and Roman authors, Augustine and Renaissance philosophers to Tylor, Frazer, Mauss, Malinowski, Evans-Pritchard and contemporary scholars. The editors introduce the long debate over whether magic is a useful analytical category and how its definition has shaped the study of religion.

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