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By R. G. Collingwood,David Boucher,Wendy James,Philip Smallwood

this can be the long-awaited booklet of a collection of writings through the British thinker, historian, and archaeologist R.G. Collingwood (1889-1943) on severe, anthropological, and cultural topics purely hinted at in his formerly on hand paintings. on the middle are six essays on folktale and magic during which Collingwood applies the foundations of his philosophy of historical past to difficulties within the long term evolution of human society and tradition. the amount opens with 3 tremendous introductory essays by means of the editors, gurus of their a number of fields, who offer their explanatory and contextual notes to steer the reader in the course of the texts. The Philosophy of Enchantment highlights the huge diversity of Collingwood's highbrow engagements, their integration, and their relevance to present components of dialogue within the fields of philosophy, cultural reviews, social and literary historical past, and anthropology.

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