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Chris Gosden

The History of Magic

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A Telegraph Book of the Year A remarkable, unprecedented account of the role of magic in cultures both ancient and modern -- from the first known horoscope to the power of tattoos.'Fascinating, original, excellent' Simon Sebag Montefiore______________________Three great strands of practice and belief run through human history: science, religion and magic. But magic - the idea that we have a connection with the universe - has developed a bad reputation.It has been with us for millennia - from the curses and charms of ancient Greek, Roman and Jewish magic, to the shamanistic traditions of Eurasia, indigenous America and Africa, and even quantum… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-241-97966-2
  • EAN: 9780241979662
  • Produktnummer: 34855092
  • Verlag: Penguin Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
  • Seitenangabe: 512 S.
  • Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
  • Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm
  • Abbildungen: B-format paperback

Über den Autor


Chris Gosden is Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford. Previously he was a curator and lecturer at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, where he encountered many magical objects, displayed in a scientific manner. Chris is a fellow of the British Academy and the Society of Antiquaries, as well as a trustee of the Art Fund, the British Museum and chair of trustees for Oxford Archaeology. He has written or edited eighteen academic books. This is his first trade book.

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