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22%OFFMark A. Schneider - Culture and Enchantment - 9780226739281 - V9780226739281
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Culture and Enchantment

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Description for Culture and Enchantment Paperback. Shows that students of culture today operate in social and intellectual circumstances similar to those of 17th century natural philosophers. Just as Newton was drawn to alchemy, scholars today are fascinated by ghostly and mercurial agents thought to account for the meanings of cultural entities. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 line drawing, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 339.
Max Weber viewed modern life as disenchanted, an arena from which scientific inquiry had banished magic. In contrast, Mark Schneider argues intriguingly that enchantment - the sense that we are confronted by inexplicable phenomena - persists in the world today, although it has shifted from the natural to the cultural arena. "Culture and Enchantment" shows that students of culture today operate in social and intellectual circumstances similar to those of 17th century natural philosophers. Just as Newton was drawn to alchemy, scholars today are fascinated by ghostly and mercurial agents thought to account for the meanings of cultural entities. Schneider ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226739281
SKU
V9780226739281
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