The Importance of Magic to Social Relationships

Abstract. Many anthropological explanations of magical practices are based on the assumption that the immediate cause of performing an act of magic is the belief that the magic will work as claimed. Such explanations typically attempt to show why people come to believe that magical acts work as clai...

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Authors: Palmer, Craig T. (Author) ; Steadman, Lyle B. (Author) ; Cassidy, Chris (Author) ; Coe, Kathryn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2010
In: Zygon
Year: 2010, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 317-337
Further subjects:B Belief
B Cooperation
B Magic
B Communication
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