{"product_id":"magic-in-the-modern-world-strategies-of-repression-and-legitimization-magic-in-history-9780271077772","title":"Magic in the Modern World Strategies of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of essays on various aspects of the position of magic in the modern world. Essays explore the ways in which modernity has been defined in explicit opposition to magic and superstition, and the ways in which modern proponents of magic have worked to legitimate their practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A powerful collection that succeeds in connecting history, science, and psychology, and will be relevant to scholars of each.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—A. E. Leykam \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hopefully, this book will be read both by historians of magic and scholars of contemporary magic in the fields of anthropology and sociology. As such, it is a valuable contribution to the interdisciplinary study of magic; such interdisciplinary engagement is especially important when dealing with as elusive and controverted a concept as magic.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Francis Young \u003ci\u003eReviews in History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Magic in the Modern World stands out among other edited volumes in the quality of its contributions and the erudition of its contributors. . . . I anticipate returning to my copy again and again to draw fresh insights into my research and pedagogy in the field.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Michael E. Heyes \u003ci\u003eNova Religio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ever since the nineteenth century, it has been a staple of the discourse on modern society that magic and supernaturalism were on their way out. The contributors to this splendid volume explain why this idea has been so persuasive, and why it is utterly wrong.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Olav Hammer,author of \u003ci\u003eClaiming Knowledge: Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Most readers of this review surely would say that magic has long passed its prime, surviving in the modern Western world only in the enfeebled state of sleight of hand. But \u003ci\u003eMagic in the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e . . . is determined to prove them wrong.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Steven P. Marrone \u003ci\u003eIsis: Journal of the History of Science Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Well-conceived and thought-provoking.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Bernd-Christian Otto \u003ci\u003eJahrbuch für Kommunikationsgeschichte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Perhaps the main value of this collection is not so much in each individual contribution, but in adding a great deal of scholarly weight to the voices increasingly challenging the 'disenchantment' theory of the history of magic, and establishing contemporary magical practices as subjects worthy of scholarly study.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—John Rimmer \u003ci\u003eMagonia Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction, Edward Bever and Randall Styers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagic and the Making of Modernity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1, “Bad Habits, or, How Superstition Disappeared in the Modern World,” Randall Styers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2, “Descartes’ Dreams, the Neuropsychology of Disbelief, and the Making of the Modern Self,” Edward Bever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3, “Why Magic Cannot Be Falsified by Experiments,” Benedek Láng\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4, “Witches as Liars: Witchcraft and Civilization in the Early American Republic,” Adam Jortner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagic in Modernity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5, “Loagaeth, q consibra a caosg: The Contested Arena of Modern Enochian Angel Magic,” Egil Asprem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6, “Babalon Launching: Jack Parsons, Rocketry, and the ‘Method of Science,’” Erik Davis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7, “Manning the High Seat: Seidr as Self-Making in Contemporary NorseNeopaganisms,” Megan Goodwin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8, “Reviving Dead Names: Strategies of Legitimization in the Necronomicon of Simon and the Dark Aesthetic,” Dan Harms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400797069655,"sku":"9780271077772","price":61.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/magic-in-the-modern-world-strategies-of-repression-and-legitimization-magic-in-history-9780271077772","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}