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100 1 $aGosden, Chris,$d1955-$eauthor.$4aut
240 10 $aHistory of magic
245 10 $aMagic :$ba history : from alchemy to witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the present /$cChris Gosden.
250 $aFirst American edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2020.
264 4 $c©2020
300 $axix, 482 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
386 $mGender group:$ngdr$aMen$2lcdgt
386 $mOccupational/field of activity group:$nocc$aArchaeology teachers$2lcsh
386 $mOccupational/field of activity group:$nocc$aUniversity and college faculty members$2lcdgt
386 $mNationality/regional group:$nnat$aBritons$2lcdgt
500 $a"Originally published in 2020 by Viking, Great Britain, as The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the present."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 437-449) and index.
505 00 $tWhat is magic and why is it important? --$tThe deep history of magic (c. 40,000-6000 BCE) --$tThe magic of cities: Mesopotamia and Egypt (4000-1000 BCE) --$tChinese magic: deep participation (c. 20,000 BCE-present) --$tShamanism and magic on the Eurasian Steppe (c. 4000 BCE-present) --$tMagical traditions in prehistoric Europe (10,000-0 BCE) --$tJewish, Greek and Roman magic (c. 1000 BCE-1000 CE) --$tThe magics of Africa, Australia and the Americas --$tMedieval and modern magic in Europe (500 CE-present) --$tModern and future magic --$tTimeline: Global history of magic.
520 $a"An Oxford professor of archaeology explores the unique history of magic, the oldest and most neglected strand of human behavior, and its resurgence today"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"An Oxford professor of archaeology explores the unique history of magic--the oldest and most neglected strand of human behavior and its resurgence today. Three great strands of belief run through human history: Religion is the relationship with one god or many gods, masters of our lives and destinies. Science distances us from the world, turning us into observers and collectors of knowledge. And magic is direct human participation in the universe: we have influence on the world around us, and the world has influence on us. Over the last few centuries, magic has developed a bad reputation--thanks to the unsavory tactics of shady practitioners, and to a successful propaganda campaign on the part of religion and science, which denigrated magic as backward, irrational, and "primitive." In Magic, however, the Oxford professor of archaeology Chris Gosden restores magic to its essential place in the history of the world--revealing it to be an enduring element of human behavior that plays an important role for individuals and cultures. From the curses and charms of ancient Greek, Roman, and Jewish magic, to the shamanistic traditions of Eurasia, indigenous America, and Africa; from the alchemy of the Renaissance to the condemnation of magic in the colonial period and the mysteries of modern quantum physics--Gosden's startling, fun, and colorful history supplies a missing chapter of the story of our civilization. Drawing on decades of research around the world--touching on the first known horoscope, a statue ordered into exile, and the mystical power of tattoos--Gosden shows what magic can offer us today, and how we might use it to rethink our relationship with the world. Magic is an original, singular, and sweeping work of scholarship, and its revelations will leave a spell on the reader."--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aMagic$xHistory.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Social History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aRELIGION / History.$2bisacsh
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