Max Weber

Magic and the Human Sciences: Jason Josephson-Storm’s The Myth of Disenchantment

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I may have developed a bit of a reputation as a harsh reviewer of historical studies which in my opinion do a poor job at engaging with primary sources and original contexts (such as a recent book on the heretical science of William James, and a study of German occultism and the Third Reich). By … Read more

Max Weber in the Realm of Enchantment. By Jason Josephson-Storm

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Jason Ā. Josephson-Storm (Twitter: @Ghost_Image_) is Chair & Associate Professor of Religion at Williams College. Josephson-Storm received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Stanford University in 2006 and has held visiting positions at Princeton University, École Française d’Extrême-Orient, Paris, and Ruhr Universität, Germany. He is the author of The Invention of Religion in Japan (2012, … Read more