Wow! Thank you! It is a classical and thus important topic since Max Weber.
Eugene Kuzmin
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From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Egil Asprem
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 10:59 PM
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Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] The Problem of Disenchantment now available
Dear list,
I am pleased to announce that my book, The Problem of Disenchantment: Scientific Naturalism and Esoteric Discourse, 1900?1939, has been published with Brill this past August. Three chapters deal explicitly with esotericism, one of which is directly magic-related, but I hope the book may be of interest to members of this list for other reasons as well (e.g. the whole disenchantment discussion). So, tip your library!
Btw, you may read the introduction and first chapter for free at Google Books.
Links:
http://www.brill.com/products/book/problem-disenchantment
http://books.google.com/books?id=OFAMBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA547&lpg=PA547&dq=problem+of+disenchantment+asprem&source=bl&ots=B4B-eAOqpe&sig=vjwVhhlZ0_QHwMsgVMUNds5KY-I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-65KVOXVE6j-iAKKkoCoDw&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false
All the best,
Egil
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