Magic, science, religion, and the scope of rationality /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja, 1929-2014
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Inglaterra : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of plates
  • Foreword Alfred Harris
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Magic, science and religion in Western thought: anthropology's intellectual legacy
  • 2. Anthropology's intellectual legacy (continued)
  • 3. Sir Edward Tylor versus Bronislaw Malinowski: is magic false science or meaningful performance?
  • 4. Malinowski's demarcations and his exposition of the magical art
  • 5. Multiple orderings of reality: the debate initiated by Levy-Bruhl
  • 6. Rationality, relativism, the translation, and commensurability of cultures
  • 7. Modern science and its extensions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.