Culture and enchantment
Auteur :
Schneider, Mark A.
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226739274
Date de publication :
15 déc. 1993
Dimensions :
2,4 x 1,6 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
425 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Shows that students of culture today operate in social and intellectual circumstances similar to those of 17th century natural philosophers. Just as Newton was drawn to alchemy, scholars today are fascinated by ghostly and mercurial agents thought to account for the meanings of cultural entities.