Magic, Science, Religion, and the Scope of Rationality

Abstract

List of plates Foreword Alfred Harris Acknowledgements 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.