Magical criticism : the recourse of savage philosophy / Christopher Bracken.

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Bracken, Christopher

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9780226069920
0226069923

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Magical criticism.DDC classification:

301.01 22

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B840 .B67 2007eb

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Contents:

Introduction : what are savages for? -- Discourse is now -- The new barbarism -- The mana type -- Commodity totemism -- Allegories of the sun, specters of excess -- Coda : the Solaris hypothesis.

Summary: During the Enlightenment, Western scholars racialized ideas, deeming knowledge based on reality superior to that based on ideality. Scholars labeled inquiries into ideality, such as animism and soul-migration,?savage philosophy,? a clear indicator of the racism motivating the distinction between the real and the ideal. In their view, the savage philosopher mistakes connections between signs for connections between real objects and believes that discourse can have physical effects?in other words, they believe in magic. Christopher Bracken?s Magical Criticism brings the unacknowledged history o.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-255) and index.

Introduction : what are savages for? -- Discourse is now -- The new barbarism -- The mana type -- Commodity totemism -- Allegories of the sun, specters of excess -- Coda : the Solaris hypothesis.

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During the Enlightenment, Western scholars racialized ideas, deeming knowledge based on reality superior to that based on ideality. Scholars labeled inquiries into ideality, such as animism and soul-migration,?savage philosophy,? a clear indicator of the racism motivating the distinction between the real and the ideal. In their view, the savage philosopher mistakes connections between signs for connections between real objects and believes that discourse can have physical effects?in other words, they believe in magic. Christopher Bracken?s Magical Criticism brings the unacknowledged history o.

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