MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
ANY2110
Magic, science and religion
D Ryan
8 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Clayton + Prerequisites:
Appropriate first-year anthropology sequence or permission of head
Synopsis The subject examines some of the contributions that
anthropologists and sociologists have made to our understanding of religion.
The subject concentrates in particular on the relevance of the concepts of
`magic,' `science' and `religion' for a comparative understanding of rituals
and associated cosmologies in a variety of sociocultural settings.
Assessment Written (4000 words): 65% + Examination (2 hours): 35%
Recommended texts
- Morris B Anthropological studies of religion CUP, 1987
- Tambiah S J Magic, science, religion and the scope of rationality
CUP, 1990
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