{"product_id":"magic-in-the-modern-world-strategies-of-repression-and-legitimization-paperback","title":"Magic in the Modern World: Strategies of Repression and Legitimization - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Bever\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRandall Styers\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays considers the place of magic in the modern world, first by exploring the ways in which modernity has been defined in explicit opposition to magic and superstition, and then by illuminating how modern proponents of magic have worked to legitimize their practices through an overt embrace of evolving forms such as esotericism and supernaturalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking a two-track approach, this book explores the complex dynamics of the construction of the modern self and its relation to the modern preoccupation with magic. Essays examine how modern \"rational\" consciousness is generated and maintained and how proponents of both magical and scientific traditions rationalize evidence to fit accepted orthodoxy. This book also describes how people unsatisfied with the norms of modern subjectivity embrace various forms of magic--and the methods these modern practitioners use to legitimate magic in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compelling assessment of magic from the early modern period to today, \u003ci\u003eMagic in the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e shows how, despite the dominant culture's emphatic denial of their validity, older forms of magic persist and develop while new forms of magic continue to emerge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the editors, contributors include Egil Asprem, Erik Davis, Megan Goodwin, Dan Harms, Adam Jortner, and Benedek Láng.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Bever is Professor of History at the State University of New York at Old Westbury and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Realities of Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Early Modern Europe: Culture, Cognition, and Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRandall Styers is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of \u003ci\u003eMaking Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454412701874,"sku":"9780271077789","price":72.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/E9NMtI0grM9780271077789.webp?v=1783069028","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/magic-in-the-modern-world-strategies-of-repression-and-legitimization-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}