Magic, Science and Religion and the Scope of Rationality / Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

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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 Lévy-Bruhl

6. Rationality, relativism, the translation and commensurability of cultures

7. Modern science and its extensions

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	KU Central Library	Rack No. : 04 Shelve No. : A-04	Reference Section (Non-Issuable Books)	305.8 TAM 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1 (NI)	Not For Loan		53882

Originally published in 1990

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-176) and index.