![]() But even more, this is a book that will appeal to every educated layperson who wants to understand magic's persistence. This is a book that has drawn upon research in many disciplines to produce a truly general (and hence explanatory) theory of magic - a theory which will interest scholars in philosophy, sociology, religion, anthropology, history, psychology and other fields. And such is Daniel O'Keefe's magisterial study of magic. ![]() Dust jacket notes: "Within the broad sweep of intellectual history a truly revolutionary book must address itself to the educated general reader as well as to the specialist such were the major works of Frazer, Max Weber, Spengler, Toynbee and Freud. ![]()
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