Magic, Science and Society
Author:   Alex Dennis (University of Sheffield, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   134
Publication Date:   29 August 2025
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Author:   Alex Dennis (University of Sheffield, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.260kg
ISBN:  

9781032787589


ISBN 10:   1032787589
Pages:   134
Publication Date:   29 August 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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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