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Medicine, Magic and Religion (Routledge Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: W.h.r. Rivers
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 144
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0415254035
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.45
EAN: 9780415254038
ASIN: 0415254035
Publication Date: May 17, 2001
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Short but bright August 1, 2008
Aj West (UK)
This is not one of Rivers' most important works - it seems that the Routledge classics series, whilst informative and useful, quite often comes out with reasonably obscure but still worthwhile bits and pieces. However, this is quite an informative text, produced from a series of lectures, and in a short work covers a lot of ground. Some of his insights are not what would be considered correct exactly nowadays, but that is not a problem, and we must be aware that Rivers was a shining light of British anthropology a century ago. His language is in some places a lot more modern than his contemporaries (he does not, for instance, use the word "savage"), and his conclusions are useful. Or perhaps his argumentation is more useful than his conclusions; this is certainly a work to get the reader thinking.
The final sections on the applications of psycho-analysis are perhaps too long, but nonetheless interesting and eloquent.
This is a nice read, and I can't not recommend it.
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