Magic's Translations Medhanie Gaim Lewis shows how our mistaken

Lewis shows how our mistaken intuitions about purpose are entangled with assumptions that life events happen for an intended reason and that the universe has inherent purpose

no one of his generation reports the contemporary war between the sexes with more devastating wit and accuracy

and compares the 1921 version of the Concord with its 1947 revision to reveal important aspects of Ives's creative process

""One day Jack asked me

but argues its case with full awareness of the terrain of current ethical debates

Magic's Translations Medhanie Gaim Lewis shows how our mistaken"Do you believe in magic?" This familiar question suggests magic is easily recognized but unreal. In Magic's Translations, Margaret J. Wiener argues that such views are shaped by historical power struggles, especially in Europe's relations with the wider world. Focusing on nineteenth and twentieth century Dutch interactions with Indonesians, Wiener reveals how colonial agents framed unfamiliar practices, practitioners, and objects as "magic,"