Marshall Sahlins (1930-2021) was the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Chicago and the author of many books, including Stone Age Economics and Culture and Practical Reason.
Frederick B. Henry Jr. is an independent scholar and translator.
"A characteristically feisty final statement from one of the
greatest anthropologists of the past century."---Jonathan Spencer,
Science
"Sahlins is perhaps one of the last great anthropological time
travelers, unashamed of his vocation, and openly committed to
immersing himself in ways of being that were not originally his
own, or at least trying his hardest to do so. We may not see his
like again."---Vincent P. Pecora, European Legacy
"Sahlins makes his case forcefully, eloquently, and with passion.
Right, wrong, partial, or not, The New Science of the Enchanted
Universe is a feisty anthropological contribution that will be good
to teach with within the academy and good to think with way beyond
the narrow confines of anthropology."---David N. Gellner,
Society
"[The New Science of the Enchanted Universe] is electrified by
ideas—of human finitude and eternity, the interlacing of the
political, the enchanted, and the divine"---Anna Della Subin, The
Nation
"[A]n engaging, vivid book that consistently argues for
anthropologists to accept the realities of a world of
spirits."---Tok Thompson, Journal of the American Academy of
Religion
"The late Marshall Sahlins has left us a treatise that seeks no
less than to redirect cultural anthropology toward a truer
understanding of how ‘most of humanity,’ since the beginning, has
thought about its place in the world. . . . [The New Science of the
Enchanted Universe] is replete with the quips and asides that have
always made reading or listening to Sahlins a both enjoyable and
stimulating experience. We can all be grateful to the friends and
family who helped carry the project through."---John R. Bowen,
American Ethnologist
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