Magic, Science and Religion

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Book
Authors
Malinowski ( Bronislaw Malinowski )
ISBN 10
1614277796
ISBN 13
9781614277798
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
2015
Publisher
Pages
92
Abstract
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.
Description
Softcover. Fair condition. Binding breaking.
Number of Copies
1
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