Magic : a very short introduction

Davies, Owen 1969- (Author).

Summary: A wide-ranging overview of how magic has been defined, understood and practiced over the millennia introduces it in today's world as a real force that helps people overcome misfortune, poverty and illness.

Record details

ISBN: 9780199588022 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0199588023 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
135 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-130) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction; 1. Anthropologies of magic; 2. Historical perspectives; 3. All in the mind?; 4. Writing magic; 5. Practising magic; 6. Magic and the modern world; Conclusion.