LEADER 02844nam 2200625 450 001 9910821249103321 005 20230809235342.0 010 $a0-271-07989-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271079899 035 $a(CKB)4550000000000025 035 $a(OCoLC)1080549916 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse68713 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6224463 035 $a(DE-B1597)584283 035 $a(OCoLC)1280944964 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271079899 035 $a(EXLCZ)994550000000000025 100 $a20200930d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aMagic in the modern world $estrategies of repression and legitimization /$fedited by Edward Bever and Randall Styers 210 1$aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :$cThe Pennsylvania State University Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (vi, 208 pages) 225 1 $aThe magic in history series 311 $a0-271-07777-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBad habits, or how superstition disappeared in the modern world / Randall Styers -- Descartes' dreams, the neuropsychology of disbelief, and the making of the modern self / Edward Bever -- Why magic cannot be falsified by experiments / Benedek La?ng -- Witches as liars : witchcraft and civilization in the early American republic / Adam Jortner -- Loagaeth, q consibra a caosg : the contested arena of modern Enochian angel magic / Egil Asprem -- Babalon launching : Jack Parsons, rocketry, and the 'method of science' / Erik Davis -- Manning the high seat : Seir as self-making in contemporary Norse neopaganisms / Megan Goodwin -- Reviving dead names : strategies of legitimization in the Necronomicon of Simon and the dark aesthetic / Dan Harms. 330 $a"A collection of essays on various aspects of the position of magic in the modern world. Essays explore the ways in which modernity has been defined in explicit opposition to magic and superstition, and the ways in which modern proponents of magic have worked to legitimate their practices"--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aMagic in history. 606 $aMagic 606 $aMagic$xHistory 610 $aWiccan. 610 $adisenchantment. 610 $alegitimization. 610 $amodernity. 610 $asupernatural. 610 $asuperstition. 610 $atwentieth century. 610 $awitchcraft. 615 0$aMagic. 615 0$aMagic$xHistory. 676 $a133.430903 702 $aBever$b Edward 702 $aStyers$b Randall 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821249103321 996 $aMagic in the modern world$94125746 997 $aUNINA