About this title: Professor Tambiah, one of today's leading anthropologists, is known particularly for his penetrating and scholarly studies of Buddhism. In this accessible and illuminating book he deals with the classical opposition between magic, science and religion. He reviews the great debates in classical Judaism, early Greek science, Renaissance philosophy, ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,, Cambridge:
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780521376310ISBN:0521376319
Description: Near Fine. 0521376319. First paperback edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Previous owner's name on half-title page, else fine in illustrated wraps. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780521376310ISBN:0521376319
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Spine reinforced with clear plastic tape, Printed label on spine, A Clean and Bright Copy. read more
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Edition: First Edition, second printing thus
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780521376310ISBN:0521376319
Description: Fine. Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures. Illustrated. Only a few pages have ink underlinings & notations. 187 pp. Trade Paperback. read more
Edition: Later Softcover Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. /NY
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780521376310ISBN:0521376319
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Wrappers, sewn and glued binding., no flaws, clean, no writing or markings, tight binding.; xi-187pp., 18 b/w illustrations. the lewis henry morgan lectures, 1984. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780521376310ISBN:0521376319
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780521374866ISBN:0521374863
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9.21 by.51 inches. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing)(200 pages) this accessible and illuminating book explores the classical opposition between magic, science and religion. in the western tradition, the boundaries between magic, science and religion have been continually contested. in this straightforward text, professor tambiah shows that modern anthropological theorists drew upon the classical sources but introduced new, ethnographic case ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780521374866ISBN:0521374863
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780521376310ISBN:0521376319
Description: Very Good. 0521376319. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. It does have some cover shelfwear. Inside pages are clean.; Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures; 0.79 x 8.9 x 5.98 Inches; 200 pages. read more
Description: New. In the Western tradition, the boundaries between magic, science and religion have been continually contested. In this straightforward text, Professor Tambiah shows that modern anthropological theorists drew upon the classical sources but introduced new, ethnographic case materials. read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521376310ISBN:0521376319
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. Most anthropologists who have attempted to demarcate and contrast magic, science and religion as cross-cultural categories appear to have been unaware of the rich and long intellectual history of Western thought which framed their own specialized writings. In this book, Professor Tambiah reexamines magic, science and religion within the ... read more
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