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From the perspective of Western modernity, humanity inhabits a disenchanted cosmos. Yet the vast majority of cultures throughout human history treat spirits as very real persons, members of a cosmic society who interact with humans and control their fate. In most cultures, even today, people are but a small part of an enchanted universe misconstrued by the transcendent categories of "religion" and the "supernatural." The New Science of the Enchanted Universe shows how anthropologists and other social scientists must rethink these cultures of immanence and study them by their own lights.

Explora un mundo de curiosidades y despierta tu mente con cada página de este libro lleno de sorpresas y conocimientos. ¡Cultura en pequeñas dosis! ¿Alguna vez te has preguntado por qué los cruasanes tienen forma de media luna? ¿O cómo surgieron los nombres de las notas musicales? ¿Y...