Just Out of Reach: An Ethnographic Theory of Magic and Rationalisation

Perceived in their ideal forms, rationalisation and magic might seem to oppose one another. In this paper, however, rather than placing these forces in sterile opposition, we instead explore the social and relational dynamics through which rationalisation--the dominant epistemological force of moder...

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Authors: Irvine, Richard D. G. 1982- (Author) ; Kyriakides, Theodoros (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2018]
In: Implicit religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 202-222
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Orkneyinseln / Cyprus / Magical thinking / Rationalization (Psychology)
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
KBF British Isles
KBK Europe (East)
Further subjects:B Cyprus
B Epistemology
B Memory
B Rationalisation
B Magic
B Ethnology
B Christianity
B theory of knowledge
B Orkney
B Occultism
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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