"Magic and Fetishism" by Alfred C. Haddon is an examination of magic and fetishism within different societies around the world. It studies their importance to cultures and belief systems in the early 20th century. The book looks at magic and explains how objects obtain spiritual power in different societies. It begins by talking about sympathetic magic, which is common in many cultures. Examples of contagious magic are studied, such as how some people think hair and nails are connected to a person. Haddon shows how traces of these ideas are still around today, paving the way to see the mental and community roles of magic and objects of spiritual power.
Magic and Fetishism
By Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
Explore the enigmatic fusion of spirituality and culture as ancient beliefs in magic and powerful objects shape the very core of societies.
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Culture/Civilization/Society Philosophy & Ethics Psychiatry/Psychology Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal
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2020-03-31
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About the AuthorAlfred Cort Haddon, Sc.D., FRS, FRGS FRAI was an influential British anthropologist and ethnologist.
Initially a biologist, who achieved his most notable fieldwork, with W. H. R. Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman and Sidney Ray on the Torres Strait Islands. He returned to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he had been an undergraduate, and effectively founded the School of Anthropology. Haddon was a major influence on the work of the American ethnologist Caroline Furness Jayne.
Alfred Cort Haddon, Sc.D., FRS, FRGS FRAI was an influential British anthropologist and ethnologist. Initially a biologist, who achieved his most notable fieldwork, with W. H. R. Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman and Sidney Ray on the Torres Strait Islands. He returned to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he had been an undergraduate, and effectively founded the School of Anthropology. Haddon was a major influence on the work of the American ethnologist Caroline Furness Jayne.
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