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In his handling of science, magic, and religion, Malinowski essentially accepted the traditional Western conception of a dual reality-the reality of the natural world, grounded in observation and rational procedures that lead to mastery, and supernatural reality, grounded in emotional needs that give rise to faith. Unlike Frazer, for example, Malinowski derived science not from magic but from man's capacity to organize knowledge, as demonstrated by Trobriand technical skills in gardening, shipbuilding, etc. In contrast, he treated magic, which coexisted with these skills, as an organized response to a sense of limitation and impotence in the face of danger, difficulty, and frustration. Again, he differentiated between magic and religion in defining magical systems as essentially pragmatic in their aims and religious systems as self-fulfilling rituals organized, for example, around life crises.

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Martino Publishing
Language
English
Pages
92

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Cover of: Magic, science and religion
Magic, science and religion
2015, Martino Publishing
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Cover of: Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays
Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays
March 1992, Waveland Press
Cover of: Magic, science and religion
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Magic, science and religion: and other essays
1948, Masterworks Program
in English

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Edition Notes

Partial reprint of the Anchor Books edition originally published in 1954.

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Mansfield Centre, Conn

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Dewey Decimal Class
301.2
Library of Congress
GN470 .M22 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
iv, 18-92 pages
Number of pages
92

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL29202243M
Internet Archive
magicsciencereli0000mali
ISBN 10
1614277796
ISBN 13
9781614277798
OCLC/WorldCat
991882087

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