Magic vs. Science in the Historiography of Science: The Social-Historical Construction of Rationality

  The historiography of scientific studies has suffered from a great impact, that is rarely referred to, from anthropological analyses of magic in so-called primitive societies. The emphasis brought by criticism during the 1950/1960’s of Evans-Pritchard’s 1937 classic, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic...

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Main Author: Maia, Carlos Alvarez (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.24117/2526-2270.2017.i3.02
Country:Brazil
Oai:oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/15008