Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays

Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays
Author: Bronislaw Malinowski
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2014-04-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1473393124

This vintage book comprises three famous Malinowski essays on the subject of religion. Malinowski is one of the most important and influential anthropologists of all time. He is particularly renowned for his ability to combine the reality of human experience, with the cold calculations of science. An important collection of three of his most famous essays, "Magic, Science and Religion" provides its reader with a series of concepts concerning religion, magic, science, rite and myth. This is undertaken in an attempt to form a definite impression and understanding of the Trobrianders of New Guinea. The chapters of this book include: "Magic, Science and Religion", "Primitive Man and his Religion", "Rational Mastery by Man of his Surroundings", "Faith and Cult", "The Creative Acts of Religion", "Providence in Primitive Life", "Man's Selective Interest in Nature", etcetera. This book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii
Author: Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Publisher: Sanzani Edizioni
Total Pages: 573
Release: 2024-02-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

As in many other traditional cultures, Hawaiian art, dance, music and poetry were highly integrated into every aspect of life, to a degree far beyond that of industrial society. The poetry at the core of the Hula is extremely sophisticated. Typically a Hula song has several dimensions: mythological aspects, cultural implications, an ecological setting, and in many cases, (although Emerson is reluctant to acknowledge this) frank erotic imagery. The extensive footnotes and background information allow us an unprecedented look into these deeper layers. While Emerson's translations are not great poetry, they do serve as a literal English guide to the amazing Hawaiian lyrics.

Steps to an Ecology of Mind

Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Author: Gregory Bateson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2000
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780226039053

Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. This classic anthology of his major work includes a new Foreword by his daughter, Mary Katherine Bateson. 5 line drawings.

Pele and Hiiaka

Pele and Hiiaka
Author: Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2018-10-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9780343662837

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Malinowski Among the Magi

Malinowski Among the Magi
Author: Bronislaw Malinowski
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2002
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780415262446

A reissue of Malinowski's first field monograph, containing historical and theoretical material. This edition includes a major essay by Michael Young who draws on Malinowski's diary, unpublished notebooks and letters.