Magic, science, religion

"Magic, Science, Religion explores surprising intersections among the three meaning-making and world-making practices named in the title. Through colorful examples, the book reveals circuitous ways that social, cultural and natural systems connect, enabling real kinds of magic to operate. Among...

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Auteur principal: Livingston, Ira 1956- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Leiden Boston Brill 2018
Dans: Experimental practices (volume 2)
Année: 2018
Collection/Revue:Experimental practices volume 2
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Pensée magique / Sciences de la nature / Religion
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux
Sujets non-standardisés:B Religion and science
B Science and magic
B Magic Religious aspects
B Science Social aspects
B Magic
B Magic Social aspects
B Science
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Résumé:"Magic, Science, Religion explores surprising intersections among the three meaning-making and world-making practices named in the title. Through colorful examples, the book reveals circuitous ways that social, cultural and natural systems connect, enabling real kinds of magic to operate. Among the many case studies are accounts of how an eighteenth-century actor gave his audience goosebumps; how painters, poets, and pool sharks use nonlinearity in working their magics; how the first vertebrates gained consciousness; how plants fine-tuned human color vision; and the necessarily magical element of activism that builds on the conviction that "another future is possible" while working to push self-fulfilling prophecy into political action"--
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004357106