Absolutely agree.
Regards,
Morgan Leigh
PhD Candidate
School of Sociology and Social Work
University of Tasmania
On 15/12/2010 11:27 PM, Susan Greenwood wrote:
> Hello All,
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> I very much value Ronald Hutton's truly ground-breaking work, but it seems to me that there are wider considerations here for the academic study of magic. The problem, as far as I see it as an anthropologist and a magical practitioner, is the inherent rationalism in the social sciences. In my experience, this is why it is difficult to write about magic. And then there is also the valuing of historical 'truth' - or the written word - over oral traditions. Personally, I think these issues need to be addressed if academia is going to be taken more seriously by those who practice magic.
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> Regards,
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> Susan
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