{"product_id":"magic-and-the-will-to-science-a-political-anthropology-of-liminal-technicality-9781032457369","title":"Magic and the Will to Science: A Political Anthropology of Liminal Technicality","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a political anthropological perspective on the problematic character of science, showing how science grew out of magic and its variations, whilst demonstrating that the desire to use science to solve various problems of human existence has created a permanent liminal crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Agnes Horvath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032457369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgnes Horvath\u003c\/b\u003e is a political anthropologist and sociologist. Founding editor of the Journal International Political Anthropology, and president of the \u003cem\u003eInternational Political Anthropology Association\u003c\/em\u003e, she was an affiliate visiting scholar and supervisor at Cambridge University from 2011 to 2014. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eModernism and Charisma and Political Alchemy: Technology Unbounded\u003c\/em\u003e, the co-author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dissolution of Communist Power: The Case of Hungary\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWalking into the Void: A Historical Sociology and Political Anthropology of Walking\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Political Sociology and Anthropology of the Evil: Tricksterology\u003c\/em\u003e; and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eBreaking Boundaries: Varieties of Liminality\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWalling, Boundaries and Liminality: A Political Anthropology of Transformations\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDivinization and Technology: The Political Anthropology of Subversion\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eModern Leaders: In Between Charisma and Trickery\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLiminal Politics in the New Age of Disease: Technocratic Mimetism\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43969209172083,"sku":"9.78103E+12","price":170.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_c0dc9da0-8e3c-485c-99d7-e482fea9de8c.jpg?v=1760304354","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/magic-and-the-will-to-science-a-political-anthropology-of-liminal-technicality-9781032457369","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}