MAGIC IN THE MODERN WORLD
Bever, Edward (Director of Professional Studies, SUNY College At Old Westbury) / Styers, Randall (Associate Professor of Religion and Culture, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
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.