Magic, Science and Society
Author:   Alex Dennis (University of Sheffield, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367179649


Pages:   134
Publication Date:   14 June 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Alex Dennis (University of Sheffield, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367179649


ISBN 10:   0367179644
Pages:   134
Publication Date:   14 June 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. Understanding magic 2. The implications of magic 3. A social science? 4. The ‘rationality debate’ 5. Redefining rationality 6. Is that what you want ‘cause that’s what’ll happen Conclusion: Opportunities lost

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Alex Dennis is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield, UK, where he also leads the BA Sociology programme. His research explores theories of rationality, ethnomethodology and conversational analysis, ethnographic methodologies, workplace and organisational studies, sociologies of knowledge, social interaction and social order perspectives. He is the author of Making Decisions about People: The Organisational Contingencies of Illness (Routledge, 2001), co-author of Perspectives in Sociology (Sixth Edition, Routledge, 2015) and co-editor of Human Agents and Social Structures (2010).

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