Religion and Magic in Western Culture
Seiten
2016
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-29895-8 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-29895-8 (ISBN)
In this book, Daniel Dubuisson analyses the long history of the dichotomy between religion and magic, as well as the great stakes of power which it has concealed over the centuries.
In the history of Western culture, theology, and science, a strict dichotomy exists between religion and magic: religion as the intellectually and morally superior one – magic as the primitive, superstitious, demonic other.
The present work aims to break with this tradition, and traces the origin of this dichotomy as well as its many purposes. Whose powers does it serve? Which interests and ideological stakes does it conceal? Moreover, the author proposes a new epistemological framework for the study of magisms as well as their “rehumanisation”, and argues for a rehabilitation of their studies.
In the history of Western culture, theology, and science, a strict dichotomy exists between religion and magic: religion as the intellectually and morally superior one – magic as the primitive, superstitious, demonic other.
The present work aims to break with this tradition, and traces the origin of this dichotomy as well as its many purposes. Whose powers does it serve? Which interests and ideological stakes does it conceal? Moreover, the author proposes a new epistemological framework for the study of magisms as well as their “rehumanisation”, and argues for a rehabilitation of their studies.
Daniel Dubuisson, Docteur ès Lettres (1983), is emeritus Director of Research (CNRS, Lille). Publications include The Western Construction of Religion (2003), Twentieth Century Mythologies Dumézil, Eliade, Lévi-Strauss (2006) and Wisdoms of Humanity Buddhism, Paganism, Christianity (2011).
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion ; 6 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 456 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-29895-9 / 9004298959 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-29895-8 / 9789004298958 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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