First written by Marcel Mauss and Henri Humbert in 1902, A General Theory of Magic gained a wide new readership when republished by Mauss in 1950. As a study of magic in 'primitive' societies and its survival today in our thoughts and social actions, it represents what Claude Lévi-Strauss called, in an introduction to that edition, the astonishing modernity of the mind of one of the century's …
Headlines and television news reports feature accounts of reincarnation, the predictions of astrologers, and psychic "miracles." Citizens report UFO sightings. Police departments call on psychics to provide clues in baffling crimes. From every available information source, the public is bombarded with unsubstantiated claims of paranormal phenomena. How much of the evidence is reliable? What is …
This volume brings together Pierre Bourdieu’s highly original writings on language and on the relations among language, power, and politics. Bourdieu develops a forceful critique of traditional approaches to language, including the linguistic theories of Saussure and Chomsky and the theory of speech-acts elaborated by Austin and others. He argues that language should be viewed not only as a m…
Originally published in 1966 and now recognized as a classic, Norman O. Brown's meditation on the condition of humanity and its long fall from the grace of a natural, instinctual innocence is available once more for a new generation of readers. Love's Body is a continuation of the explorations begun in Brown's famous Life Against Death. Rounding out the trilogy is Brown's brilliant Apocalypse a…
etelah dunia dibuat gempar oleh ahli psikologi Harvard University, Daniel Goleman, dengan karya besar yang mendefinisikan ulang apa arti cerdas, pemahaman kita, mengenai kecerdasan manusia dibuat lebih luas dengan adanya wacana baru mengenai kecerdasan spiritual.Dengan bukunya yang berjudul Emotional Intelligence (EI), Goleman memaparkan kenapa kecerdasan emosional lebih penting daripada IQ. Di…
Hidup bagaikan berjalan di gurun pasir dalam kegelapan. Bila ingin mengetahui yang sebelumnya lewat apakah sapi atau manusia, kita melihat jejak-jejak kaki yang tersisa. Di gurun pasir, ada jejak-jejak kaki lengkap dengan maknanya. Demikian juga dengan hidup, ia menyisakan jejak-jejak makna. Sayangnya, jejak-jejak makna ini hanya bisa dilihat, dibaca, dan dimaknai oleh mereka yang telah membuka…